i have worked as a job- serviceperson. my military service and my desire to rehabilitate the fallen and urge success on to greater accomplishment drives me to that end. since 1991, i have assisted hundreds of veterans with -- i have organized and conducted hundreds of workshops and 20 annual job fairs in concert with edd and the san francisco veterans employment committee. since my earlier working days, i have had a strong desire to build a bridge between factions, whether they are racial, sexual, or veteran. the commission is a bridge to our veterans and to the services that they deserve. thank you for listening to me and i look forward

we've envisioned a five-year initiative to expand civil serviceperson ell by 25% and 13% respectively. the current fiscal reality let us examine whether we continue to build up is sustainable. i think in the usaid's leadership initiative, but today i'd like to work on the state's staffing plans. do you plan to build up for fiscal year 2011 and what are your plans for the 2012 budget? >> well, we started this in the bush administration. both president bush and secretary rice realized that we were just not equipped to do what we were expected to do, particularly in the frontline states. and one of the reasons that i've been able to more than triple the presence of civilians in afghanistan and accept the responsibility of what we're supposed to do in iraq is because of that increase. we've been able to, you know, take our people and redeploy them and not leave out essential functions, processing visas in mexico or china, for example. so it's been a considered view, not only within two administrations, but outside experts from all sides of the political spectrum who said that state and a.