George W. Casey Jr., a retired general, was chief of staff of the Army from 2007 to 2011 and the commander of coalition forces in Iraq from 2004 to 2007. He is an adviser to the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation.
Over the past two weeks, the House and Senate Natural Resources subcommittees held hearings for identical bills swiftly moving through both chambers of Congress. The committees and chambers at large soon will make a decision of vital importance with respect to the veteran and military communities and the public at large: They will decide how we will memorialize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice over the past 16 years of sustained combat.
