There are only 100 Senators. Do you know how many purposeless military veterans have been left by the wayside and are either roaming the streets or sitting at home wasting away in a Country that wants nothing to do with them anymore? We have the manpower, we just need someone they'll listen to in order to give them the mission. I'd suggest General Flynn or one of our other awake retired Generals would command the exact sort of authority they would respond favorably to.