For Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 267,300 reserve component service men and women were called to service.

Wyden joined in questioning the use of drones. " calling it a "complete and total waste of taxpayers' dollars" and noting that the transmissions would cost $21. In 2003 Wyden joined with Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Trent Lott (R-MS) to help pass the Bush Administration's Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act.

Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden (born May 3 1949) is the senior United States Senator for Oregon serving since 1996 and a member of the Democratic Party.