general vangiel, i wanted to welcome you. inds you recently took over from general mccoy as the army inspector general. ms. martin and mr. lepore, i look forward to hearing the government accountability assessment of the army's efforts with respect to arlington and ms. condon, welcome back. we've got a chance to see each other quite a bit, and i really appreciate your efforts. arlington national cemetery as we all know is one of the most hallowed grounds of this nation and we must hold it to the highest standards of performance. members of the subcommittee of military personnel in conjunction with the oversight investigation subcommittee are interested in the actions taken by the army to improve its accountable of arlington national cemetery since our hearing in september. ms. condon, i recognize the hard work you and mr. callaghan have done to turn around the cemetery and know you could not have done it alone. there are probably a number of people that should be acknowledged for their efforts that cannot all be recognized her

to you, general vangiel, if were you to give arlington a grade right now, what would that be? >> i got a chance to go down and essentially talk to some people, and i've looked at some past reports. i haven't had a chance to look at it in-depth like i'm going to do with the inspection team as we go down. what i can say is that being deployed for the past two years, as i heard what was going on at arlington, i'd have to give them a zero. when we -- with what i heard. i have to be honest with you, because it's just not somethi something -- it was inconceivable that that was happening, because what i saw was, they were a very respectful ceremony, everything seemed to be going well. i will say, though, that looking at the progress that's been made, and i -- as i say, i go back and look at the reports that the department of the army i.g. has done. there have been two now. there has been significant progress. so if you're asking me to put it on a number scale, ma'am, that would be difficult for me to do at this point, because i don't usually give 10s. so -- i'd have to say they're te