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More or have to fly or get on a train to get to a v.a. site. this will help them get better care. im a big proponent. i think you can break down some of these -- the old bring and mortar type v.a.s and get them pushed out to better medical care which will reduce the cost of the veterans administration. rob: thats part of it, too. some can be repaired. colonel jim reese thank you for coming on this morning. jillian: and for your service. >> have a great day, thank you. jillian: up in smoke. horri...

Clock assistance. jillian: 27-million-dollar a year program provides housing and care for 1,000 veterans in 42 states and the v.a. only accepts foster homes that meet strict qualifications. so, is this a good idea? here now to weigh in is lieutenant colonel jim reese. thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it what do you think? do you like this idea? >> i do. i think the v.a. right now with everybody coming back from the afghan iraq wars and influx of veterans we have, i like this ...

Improved. i think programs like this and new creative ideas will kind of break up this bureaucracy and give veterans better care, especially after learning from the vietnam war what these new iraqi afghan vets will learn from all the years of supporting the vietnam war veteran. rob: we have heard the horror stories of the things that have gone on at v.a. hospitals. we seen the stories time and time again. the president is going to sign this veterans choice bill. allowing veterans to get private ...

Witch-hunt. rob: helping our heroes. the v.a. turning to foster care instead of nursing homes for our nations veterans. is this a good idea? why our next guest, the veteran himself says it is a needed change. jillian: first, some of your pictures and why you are proud to be an american on this memorial day ♪ freedom doesnt come free ♪ an american soldier ♪ an american ♪ beside my brothers and my sisters ♪ i will proud ofly take the stand ♪ when libertys in jeopardy ♪ ill always do ...

Homes. you say this wont cost the veteran themselves any more money to get this better care? >> yeah. its -- i truly believe that especially for those veterans that would maybe just sit in a foster -- im sorry, that would sit in a home and they get periodic care by, you know, a nurse or some type of medical provider in these homes, what this does here is they get into a home, they might only have one or two other veterans that are with them and they get to be part of this family and its really s...

90s, the balkans would not have been done under the provision of this trade. >> mary, can you point to a foreign policy success over the last five years? can you cite one? >> well, like i said, the retreat from iraq. i guess he got osama bin laden, but i think one of the reasons why the u.s. looks so weak is because our economy is weak. and he also has a lot of responsibility there. >> all right, mary, thank you. still ahead, eric shinseki resigns amid outrage over care delays and cover-ups at...

Rejoin the fight on the battlefield. so no, i think this is going to end. >> i beg your pardon, i want you to stay with me because well be back at 3:30 for more on americas news headquarters. thanks for watching. this week on the journal, editorial report, big labors big regrets. they were key to obamacares passage, but has insurance costs sky rocket, unions are balking at paying the tab. plus, it was billed as a mage rp foreign policy address, but what was missing from president obamas west p...

Eric shinseki resigned friday amid outrage over an inspector generals report that says delaying medical care to veterans and manipulating records to hide those delays is systemic throughout the v.a. system. something my guest this week says he and many other physicians have long known. dr. hal shers trained in san antonio and san diego. he joins me now from atlanta. thank you for being here. >> paul, thank you for having me. >> so the shinseki resignation, many people thought it was coming. is t...

Would not have been done under this doctrine. >> mary, can you point to a foreign policy success of the last five years? can you cite one? >> well, as i say, the retreat from iraq is one. i guess he got osama bin laden. but i think one of the reasons why the u.s. looks so weak is because our economy is weak. and he also has a lot of responsibility there. >> all right. mary, thank you. still ahead, eric shinseki resigns amid outrage over care delays and cover-ups at v.a. hospitals nationwide. so ...

Around the country, where i have operated at and where many of my colleagues have. so just like any other federal bureaucracy, there are people who are punching a clock, and theyre more concerned about taking breaks and about getting out at 3:00 than they are at getting the work done. so -- and the experiences that ive had, we have had a truncated operating day. and as opposed to a public hospital where you work as long as theres work to be done. at the v.a. hospitals, you are given a certain am...