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Young age to get out of going, but he didnt. he deployed to korea with the 45th infantry division in 1951. despite his age, bill was made a squad leader and promoted to staff sergeant. he served nine months in combat before returning home and going back to high school for his senior year and then he used the g.i. bill to go to college and hes had a very good life ever since. hes been a patient at va facilities in two states. hes bought two houses using va home loans, and he lives in one of them ...

And ports and airports and va facilities. there should be no question about it. we know we need to lift the debt ceiling, the full faith and credit of the united states is at stake. we know we need a budget without holding it hostage. >> do you need the president for all those things? cant congress do those and box him in in the way you did with russian sanctions? >> i think we can create a compelling narrative and momentum that really enables the president to do the right thing and maybe even t...

Perfect. thank you very much, great technology, great to meet you. thank you. [applause] were going to west virginia tonight, were going to have a great big announcement which will be very exciting. we have a very big announcement tonight. i believe ill make it an west virginia outcome is that would be an exciting. thank you very much. >> molly: were just losing to the president of the united states, donald trump as well as va secretary dave mitchell can they say anywhere to anywhere va health c...

This will expand access to care for our veterans, especially for those who need help in the area of mental health, which is a bigger and bigger request. and also in suicide prevention. it will make a tremendous difference for the veterans and rural locations in particular. we are launching the mobile app that will allow va patients to schedule and change their appointments at va facilities using their smartphones, this is something they were never able to do, technology has given us this advanta...

Improve the veterans choice program, we are starting to really get that to a point where choices just becoming something that they are extremely happy about and they wanted it for many, many years. we are working to enable seamless care between the departments of defense and veteran affairs. we have launched a groundbreaking new website that allows veterans to compare wait times and quality of care at va facilities and other hospitals, so we are actually able to compete our facilities with other...

Accountability legislation. i have signed legislation to extend and improve the veterans choice program. were starting to really get that to a point where choice is just becoming something that they are extremely happy about and theyve wanted it for many, many years. were working to enable seamless care between the department of defense and veterans affairs. we have launched a ground breaking new website that allows veterans to compare wait times and quality of care at va facilities and other ho...

Computer. this will significantly expand access to care for our veterans especially for those who need help in the area of mental health, which is a bigger and bigger request. and also in suicide prevention. it will make a tremendous difference for the veterans in rural locations in particular. were launching the mobile app that will allow va patients to schedule and change their appointments at va facilities using their smartphones. so this is something they were never able to do, technology ha...

Are starting to arrive here at the event in houston. lets take you now to inside the room where the event will be going on. it gets started in 30 minutes or so. the stage is set up. and we are aawaiting the senator. senator cruz is holding the public meet and greets with the concerned group, republicans for america to hold for their experiences when it comes to getting health care. to identify whats broken with the system and how to fix it. one talking point, senator cruise has brought up repeat...

States navy and government bureaucracies by their nature are in efficient, are often responsive or cumbersome and that has been exacerbated in recent years, where we all have seen the scandals that broke out, va facilities, phantom and fake books denying veterans care, denying the care they earned and deserved and in some cases denying life-saving care that was desperately needed. in my view there are two significant reforms that need to happen. we need substantially more accountability, account...

Ied. and obviously you see the reception -- >> thats remarkable. >> in the east room. >> extended standing ovation. >> reporter: the bill is a long longtime process where lawmakers and now the white house are trying to set about some reforms to streamline veterans access to healthcare at the va facilities all across the country. it came into sharp focus a handful of years ago when it was revealed that there were long wait times and some veterans were not getting the care they needed in a timely ...