Thank you, Mr. Chair.
In fact, I remember those articles, as will you and many around the table, and certainly all of us in uniform, when they came out. Since 1998 a tremendous number of policies, programs, and education opportunities have been put in place that have bolstered and nurtured the workplace environment in a way that data points and evidence indicate that the workplace is a far more positive place for women, for minorities, for people of all races and ethnicities to work in. That was one of the reasons these articles were more surprising and shocking to me than even those articles back in 1998.