and so when i came in, sheila and i traveled around the army and we talked to soldiers and families trying to get a sense of where we were. and i came up with the term that the army was "out of balance," that we were so weighed down by current demands that we couldn't do the things that we knew we needed to do to sustain the volunteer force for the long haul and to prepare to do other things. and i said that because i was hearing at the time, the army was broken, the army was hollow, the army wasn't ready, and that's just not true. and so we put ourselves on a program, back in 2007, to get ourselves back in balance by the end of next year. and we have been moving forward on those -- on four imperatives. we had to sustain or soldiers and families. we had to continue to prepare soldiers for success in the current conflict. we had to reset them effectively when they returned, and then we had to continue to transform for an uncertain future. and i'll just say a few words about all those. "sustain" is probably the most important. now, this is a volunteer force. and when i first came in i called

and so when i came in, sheila and i traveled around the army and we talked to soldiers and families trying to get a sense of where we were. and i came up with the term that the army was "out of balance," that we were so weighed down by current demands that we couldn't do the things that we knew we needed to do to sustain the volunteer force for the long haul and to prepare to do other things. and i said that because i was hearing at the time, the army was broken, the army was hollow, the army wasn't ready, and that's just not true. and so we put ourselves on a program, back in 2007, to get ourselves back in balance by the end of next year. and we have been moving forward on those -- on four imperatives. we had to sustain or soldiers and families. we had to continue to prepare soldiers for success in the current conflict. we had to reset them effectively when they returned, and then we had to continue to transform for an uncertain future. and i'll just say a few words about all those. "sustain" is probably the most important. now, this is a volunteer force. and when i first came in i called

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so they had a contest and my dad knew someone in high school who had the where his name. my mother knew something named oscar and rufus won. there was a funny story i was telling sheila.cab in d.c. and it was this old black cab driver and he was really nice. at one point he said what is your name? my name is rufus. he said, your name is not rufus. he said if your name is rufus, i am michael jackson. tavis: i think most brothers only know a couple of rufuses. i grew up in a church and my minister's name was rufus. i grew up with a minister everyday named rufus and here you come. the new project is out now and we are glad to have you on the program. you are going to perform for us. >> i will do one side. tavis: here we go, we can all judge. how music and shakespeare go together, courtesy of rufus wainwright. stay with us, we are back with a rufus in just a moment. from his critically acclaimed cd, here is rufus wainwright, performing a woman's face. good night and keep the faith. ♪ >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] >> for more information on today's show, visit pbs.org. tavis: join me next time for oscar winning producer jon landau. >> yes. >> to everyone