One only has to look at the performance of the economy to understand how it shapes the perspective of America's youth about military service.

He was chairman of the Oversight Committee's Post Service Subcommittee for six years and worked to pass legislation to significantly reform the U. John Michael McHugh (born September 29 1948) is the 21st United States Secretary of the Army and a former Republican politician from the state of New York who represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the State Senate until his election to Congress.

On June 2 2009 President Barack Obama nominated him to the position of United States Secretary of the Army. The United States Senate confirmed McHugh in a voice vote on September 16 2009.