tim kane did that study, and shares his results. he's a research fellow at the kauffman foundation. >> the odds of a veteran becoming ceo of a major us company are roughly three times higher than non-veterans. that either means the military is overflowing with great leaders, or it is mismanaging and driving away its best captains. let me share with you the results of a survey i conducted of 250 west point graduates from the classes of 1989 through 2004, recruited blindly. 93% say that half or more of the best officers leave the military early. do active duty officers agree? 81% do. two-thirds believe their unit commander supports creative thinking, but say the personnel system is to blame for rewarding seniority over merit, failing to weed out weak officers, and poorly matching jobs with talent. get this-- 55% want the personnel system radically reformed. you can read the full report from nbr's web site as of today. but if you're worried that pentagon bureaucracy is harming national security, you're not alone. the graduates of west

most recently tim kane the head of the d.n.c.he'll be cheryl again, so they have slightly differently structured elections on that side. here we have not just an open and more transparent process but now a tradition with this being the second of the debates in forums put second election cycle with the debate forum before us. i want to thank all the r.n.c. members who will be casting votes. if i could ask the r.n.c. members to stand so people in the audience can see. [applause] >> and i certainly want to thank all of the candidates, anne wagner, sala new assess and ryan prevuos who are staveding for office and we had over 900 questions submitted to the website. 3 million hits on the website. so a lot of interest on this election, and i want to thank the susan b. anthony list who is a co-sponsor of this, marjorie, if you could stand. [applause] >> and the co-host for today's debate "the daily caller" tucker carlson. "the daily caller" is one of the stronger news sites. >> thank you grover. we've been covering this election pretty a