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Washington journal continues. Host we are back with congressman walter jones, republican of North Carolina from the Armed Services committee. What is your assessment of the isis strategy so far . Is it working . Guest let me say that one of the worst mistakes i made since i have been in congress was too vote to pass the aumf, authorization of military force, to give president bush the authority to go into iraq. Host in 2002 . Isst yes, maam, the reason we have a constitutional responsibility and...

In iraq, we were there on the ground collecting so we had data bases to use. The concern is in syria, the lack of our footprint on our ground in syria, that the data bases wont have the information we need. It is not the lack of process, it is the lack of information. And is there ways that you could suggest we go about trying to get this information . I just dont think you can go and get it. You are talking about a country that is a failed state. It does not have any infrastructure so to speak ...

I met a veteran who has been out two years and 10 disability but the point is he cant get his paperwork from dod. What are we doing . We have asked this question for years. Its a great question. I have to say secretary hagel and i are totally aligned that we want to have a seamless handoff from the department of defense to the va. Thats why we have instituted programs like cap while the person is on active duty and allison can talk about that. Congressman brown some good news to report on this f...

After the mehta that sis, not going at the root cause. I would like to hear a definition of defeat, definitive one, and then i would like to hear what your root cause is of why there is an isis, why there was an al qaeda, and ive got one other question after that, ambassador, if you would go first. It is a good point and it is the major flaw of this draft. The draft doesnt tell you give this back to the president and it doesnt authorize the president to do anything more than using armed forces a...

Issued one would ask why to be a issue so many choice cards . Nevertheless the American Legion is optimistic that the recent rule change by eliminating the straightline rule and using the actual driving distance will allow more veterans access to health care under the Choice Program. The American Legion believes if va were to move forward with the rule change to include the va medical facility that can provide the needed medical care or Services Everyone would see increases in minimization and a...

World news headquarters in new york. This is the daily show with jon stewart captioning sponsored by comedy central. Jon hey, welcome to the daily show. Good show tonight. My name is jon stewart. We have a good show. My guest tonight ayaan Ayaan Hirsi Ali author of the book of heretic but first the department of the veterans affairs. Over the years they have developed something of a reputation over the backlog obscenely long wait times for appointments continue use of software that is roughly as...

Hirsi ali author of the book of heretic but first the department of the veterans affairs. Over the years they have developed something of a reputation over the backlog obscenely long wait times for appointments continue use of software that is roughly as old as keira nightly or as opposed to the va caller that actress from the imitation game movie with the futuristic computers. Im being too har or the va. They have worked tirelessly to change their ways. The los angeles va official dr. Skye mcdo...

Eligibility. The lack of systemwide training for frontline staff has resulted in veterans receiving dated or misleading information to va continues must contain to improve this process and training to ensure that all veterans who are eligible for the program are given the opportunity to participate. Our second report found a decrease in satisfaction among veterans to receive nonva care. This is a direct result of veterans not being able to find Viable Options in the private sector. The 40mile st...

Thought. So explain your logic in terms of not allowing them to make that choice than elves. We have spent a great deal of time talking about this. One of the things for us to keep in mind is that 81 of the veterans we provide care for have Medicare Medicaid or some form of private Health Insurance. Oftentimes what you see today, you mention this fact earlier that the veterans have given the option for toys and somewhat elect to stay in and that is precisely what happens today. Roughly half of 4...

At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes t...