men and women in uniform. and i can t say enough good about what ray has done for our armed forces and for our nation in the very demanding, a very tough job but he s superb and, of course, he s being replaced about general lord alston. he s an absolutely outstanding officer. he led one of the largest forces that the u.s. army has. our contingency corps. a project force. he knows exactly what he s doing. he s a well schooled, well grounded individual and so i just can t say enough good about lloyd. general myers, you know, some of the books i read, you know the truth say that general ordeno came in and he was a little too aggressive some might have said. and that he learned on the job to change his approach and he became the outstanding general to one of the best ever presiding over general petraus?