navy reserves, 21 years in the military, john pickerel from crawfordsville, indiana. met him just a few weeks ago for the first time. this is not a gotcha kind of letter but i want you to respond to it. i appreciate it, my democratic and republican colleagues would appreciate what he is saying. this is after he talks about the 12 service members who were needlessly electrocuted because of faulty wiring by defense contractors. while stationed in the green zone i was assigned a living trailer that adjoined a living trailer two of young contractors in their 20s. after being there for a while, i found out they had a job running network cable. when i asked how they liked it, they said it was so great to be working there. he was making over $300,000 per year, plus all living expenses and he bragged if he could stay there for three years, he would be able to put a million dollars in the bank and retire before he turned 30. another -- as another example, one of the officers assigned beneathnymy rebe friended a contractor. she came to him in tears. an honest girl who couldn't