Richard "Dick" A. Codyis a retired United States Army general who served as the 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from June 24, 2004 to July 31, 2008. He retired from the Army on August 1, 2008... (wikipedia)
Had we met this year's (goal), we could have taken a look at stop-loss and readjusted it.
That's to afford the recruiters out there a wider aperture to go after.
We cannot afford to have our photos become training and recruitment tools for the enemy.
The truth of the matter is, we opened up the aperture and said, 'Okay, we can declare success as long as we stay above or at what DoD's goal was',