paul is on the phone from fort leavenworth, kansas. caller: how're you doing, congressman? i am a retired army veteran and i am pleased with my health care system. thank you for keeping that cost look for our veterans. it is good to know we have it. my point is, we were told that tarp had to be expedited, the stimulus bill had to be expedited. now we're being told that his health care reform has to be pushed through quickly to leverage the political capital of democrats. i am very concerned with the government spending that, if the bill gets passed through quickly without thorough analysis and debate, that we will have issues with runaway inflation. just like any government program -- amtrak, numerous programs with the car industry -- the government does not run companies, and i am concerned that if we have government-run health care, the quality of health care will be going down. i believe in freedom of choice and individual decision making, but i want to go to a health- care provider that i want to choose. i urge you strongly -- i watch you on c-span and it is very inform

now i've been to guantanamo bay twice, i've been to other facilities like fort leavenworth. the idea of moving these self-professed terrorists to american soil is a bad idea. the a worse idea to put this tell in our prisons. we've had two incidences within the last month where american citizens have been recruited by radical islamists in our own prisons when they were released -- prisons. when they were released they committed acts of terror in our country. it's a bad idea to send these detainees to our prisons. it's a terrible idea to send them to our american streets. now this prison cost less than $100 million to build yet the president's plan has as reported is to send some of these uighurs, some of these chinese terrorists, topy law and we're go going to give them $2 million to take care of these uighurs. this doesn't make sense for our culture, for the safety of our people here in america. i think that one of the excuses that i've heard is that, well, we've www.to close guantanamo bay because it's used as a recruiting tool. well, let me tell you, on september 11, 2001,

army command and general staff college located at fort leavenworth, kansas. most americans are probably unaware of the role this fine institution plays in training our future military leaders. the command general staff college plays a vital role while giving our national army commanders advanced and tactical education they need in order to effectively lead soldiers in battle. it's been doing so since the founding in 1881 and during the past 128 years has provided a first rate military education to thousands of accomplish men and women who have defended our freedom. i'd like to commend the college on its commitment to excellence throughout history in support of our military. i'd like now to draw your attention, if i may, to a particularly distinguished group of alumni. the five war heroes you see beside me. generals george marshall, douglas mcarthur, dwight eisenhower, henry arnold and omar bradley who served our country with valor and distinction during the second world war and became household names through their renowned accomplishments. it's a little known