peck, and ms. monet, if the chairman would allow the time, i would ask you to address your consideration regarding a future that we could envision working with d.o.d. to help these military veterans make the transition with the skills that they have in the service to acquire the civilian certification equivalent of their skills so that we don't have this problem. >> i think you've hit on a very important problem. that transfer once a veteran -- once a serviceman or woman comes out of the military and hits the street, they do so without appropriate help. the t.a.p. program is there. once you get to be a short-term, you want out of there and you don't necessarily want to talk to anybody. so starting a program well before they get out indicating the possibilities of -- their possibilities once they get into civilian life, and giving them a connection in the community where they are discharged. so that the v.a. can contact them and, you know, 90 days later, six months later and say how you doing? do you have