Paul Rieckhoff Quotes

"The bottom line is that Donald Rumsfeld and the Defense Department are failing soldiers again."

"People don't feel comfortable getting mental health care, necessarily, because they're worried that their friends are going to think they're unstable or they're crazy."

"The study confirms what we've heard from our members for the last two years -- that mental health issues and (post-traumatic stress disorder) are among the No. 1 issues facing Iraq veterans."

"It just became an accepted part of the culture. If you were National Guard or Reserve, or NCOs, noncommissioned officers, you were going to spend a lot of money out of your pocket."

"men and women of extraordinary courage and incredible capability. But it's time we had leadership in Washington to match that courage and match that capability."

"It just became an accepted part of the culture,"

"People don?t feel comfortable getting mental-health care, necessarily, because they?re worried that their friends are going to think they?re unstable or they?re crazy."

"It just became an accepted part of the culture. If you were National Guard or Reserve, or NCOs, noncommissioned officers, you were going to spend a lot of money out of your pocket. These are bureaucratic failures, but when they make mistakes like this, guys die. There has been progress made, but we're still seeing serious shortages."