2015 General News Today

President obamas troop surge in iraq has died of cancer. retired general ray odierno, his military career spanned nearly four decades. he commanded forces in iraq at the height of the war there including when the u.s. captured saddam hussein. in 2011, he became army chief of staff. his last post before retiring in 2015. general odierno is survived by his wife linda and three children. he was 67 years old. age is just a number. and mines unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein...

Michael flynn and vladimir putin sitting elbow to elbow at a fancy dinner in moscow. come on, make it more subtle. it was taken december of 2015. general flynn was about to take a job with the trump campaign. vladamir putin was working behind the scenes to attack our election to help swing the election in trumps favor. all a little obvious. were going on three years now since that picture was taken. given all thats happened since then, the picture almost looks weirder -- it looks weirder now tha...

>> have you lived up to that responsibility? >> the commitment hasnt changed, candy. i took this job to make things better for veterans. i dont know them individually, but i know them as a group. ive served with many of them. and the commitment hasnt changed. and were going to fix this. >> and, again, for you and for the president its not a question of commitment. its a question of results. and the question is have there been enough results over a five-year period to satisfy you? >> no veteran s...

>> no veteran should have to wait for claims as they are today. we have a fix for this. were open for business. and we will end the backlog in 2015. >> general shinseki, we appreciate you coming by. we hope you will come by more often as such an important issue for the whole country not just the veterans seeking their benefits. thank you. >> thank you, candy. a point of clarification on the veteran urn employment rate, it is 9.4% amongest post-september 11th veterans. the overall veteran unemp...