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 he

. >> vangiel. i con cuko concur with what the already. the army should keep it and collaboration is probably better, at least for the next few years and then we'll take another look and do whatever the president and congress want us to do. >> thank you. >> refer to my colleague. >> yes, mr. chairman. as we noted in our report, given the progress, the army has made, and given the potential short-term costs of actually doing a transfer, it seems to us that it might be more prudent to give the army a chance to see if they can complete the, their progress and bring this to a successful conclusion, and you'll have a pretty good idea how they do when general vangiel and his team come back. making that decision might be a little premature. >> that, ms. condon? >> chairman wilson i'm nothing going to answer this proek cooley. my job, fix arlington for veterans and loved ones. the decision where organize arrington is placed, all i can tell you if it is transferred you will have a fixed, much improved arlington. >> thank you all, and we now proceed