At the end of the day this makes no sense. My husband was a veteran. Went for the vietnam war. When he was gone, it was the worst thing in the whole entire world. Especially when they are whening him especially they miss most of this and that. Especially at the end of the day you need help with veterans. Host what you think . Should the general have to go . Caller you cant just not know about a whole cover up. He has computers, he has this, he has that. Host thank you. A republican there. Cruiser has this. ForWashington Post intuition sekis testimony from last week, concluding that if obama wants to resolve this debacle, he will need a less passive secretary. Secretary who became in january 2009, is not up or go visitor to the obama white house. He visited the white house 33 times, according to the official visitor logs, roughly one visit for every two months of his time in that position. That is less than some cabinet officials with higher profile eric holder visited five times. The name of arnie duncan, the secretary of education, appears 30 times. That gives you a comparison of how many times the president has met with should seki. As we said, the general was on capitol hill to testify for the senate about what is happening. He was asked why he should not resign. Ere was his response [video clip] everyday i start out with the intent to provide as much care and benefits for the people i went to war with, and the people i spent a good portion of my life doing. This is not a job, i am here to accomplish a mission that i think they critically deserve and need. And i can tell you over the past five years, we have done a lot to make things better. We are not done yet. And i intend to continue this mission until i have satisfied goal, or im told by the commanderinchief that my time has been served. Host Veterans Affairs secretary up on capitol hill last week testifying. If you missed it, we cover the whole thing of course. Go to www. Cspan. Org and you can watch it there. At that hearing, the secretary also said he was mad as hell about what happened, and then you heard it from the chief of staff yesterday on the talk shows that the president also met as hell about this. Put out a video on youtube, a new ad, making issue of the emotions over the situation by the white house. [video clip] the white house says they are mad as hell about the treatment. The president is madder than hell. Is inexcusable, and it is right to be angry about it. No one is madder than me about the fact that the website is not working as well as it should. Just how mad is the president about all of this . On this issue, he was apoplectic. Is very upsetting to me to think that somebody showed such bad judgment, that they would allow Something Like that to happen. If it turns out that some of the allegations that were made in the press are confirmed, then, of course i will be angry. If the president is mad as hell, he should be mad at himself and his staff for not only ignoring our reporting, but the governments own reporting that showed this was a problem. It fact, ignoring his own Campaign Promises from seven years ago. This was posted on youtube yesterday making issues of the white houses emotions over what happened at the ba Health Facilities across the country. We will your thoughts on that this morning. Your take, what do you think the handling of it from the white house . My brother is in the va hospital in houston with four different types of cancer. He is receiving excellent care. There, thebeen hospital is overwhelmed with boys coming back from two wars. We are winding down and bringing our folks home. And we should expect the hospitals to be overwhelmed. Why not . We have millions of people coming home, and the problem is the sequester. The republicans knew that they were all but going to be coming home when they cut money across the board. They didnt make any arrangements for the va hospitals to have more money. I dont know what else we can expect, and i think were doing the best job that we can do with all of those boys coming home. I dont blame should seki shinseki. I would republicans. Worththis is from fort host we will keep getting your thoughts here this morning on the white houses handling of the ba controversy. In other news, front page of the Washington Post, is the story about lbjs legacy, the job corps program. An oklahomae of wildlife refuge at a campus so remote that buffalo wander in people aret 100 taking classes in hopes of the u. S. Government can turn their lives around. Given the statistics, most of them will be disappointed. Host it says about 55 of those graduates found jobs in the fields that they were trained for. A lengthy piece inside the Washington Post this morning on that. And then, overseas. This is the wall street journal. The iraqi premier leaves the vote, face a stalemate. A third term,or but faces long negotiations to form a government amid heightened levels of violence in that country. Last week we spoke with the Christian Science monitor. She was back here in the United States from her coverage of a rock. Iraq. If you missed that, you can go to www. Cspan. Org for more details. Showdown brews between rival militias in libya, that is the wall street journal. There is aat deepening chaos in libya, and the financial times. Host a lot in the papers about falling into a civil war situation. Bob, in reno nevada, an independent and a veteran. Caller these people that got us in to that disaster in iraq especially, and descendent and to some extent afghanistan, they do not care about veterans. They never did. And to try and blame president obama for the situation in the va. No matter what happens, they point to obama and say he cannot do anything right. You dont care what happens to anybody. They should have been brought up on charges of war crimes for starting a war. The judgment nurnberg said the supreme war crime is aggressive war. What about the complaints of the administration was aware of what was happening with the va Hospital System back in 2008 . Caller that is very disturbing. It is. I think they should look into it. I watched Bernie Sanders on cspan two or three, i forget which, conducting hearings on this. I think that Bernie Sanders is competence, and will get to the bottom of it. Host he is the chairman of the Veterans Affairs to midi in the senate, who heard testimony on thursday. Again go to www. Cspan. Org for more info. This is from yesterday. It puts out a news update from people who follow him on twitter. Host they asked the secretary if they cooked the books, the secretary said he does not think they did. Again, go to www. Cspan. Org to see the rest. Caller good morning. A highly Trained Union lumber that has done a lot of hospital work. Both on the civilian side, and on the ba side i have extra licenses that allow me to run oxygen, medical error, nitrous oxide in the local hospitals here, i was on a mechanical reef as a contractor for two years. And when you were a mechanic working in the civilian hospital, you see everything that goes on. The difference between a civilian hospital in the ba. Mistake nobody hears anything about it. I was on that for two years, they had mercer running for a hospital. Mersa is more dangerous than staff. Did anyone ever hear about that . Nobody. As farthe ba goes, goes, i have had excellent results. Care for theva room care through my insurance. I choose use the ba because of my experience. They were the first to do a lot of things. But with the end of the draft in the early 70s, we have an entire generation of what i call coulda, of woulda, shoulda guys. Now, decades of gone by since the draft, and every one of them says maybe i shouldve done my time. You can understand what went on in phoenix, its because family retirees go to phoenix . Maybe there should be a great big supercenter built in phoenix for the load. As we said earlier, the house is expected to vote to for the Greater Authority entrenched bureaucrats. Largen here on cspan for live coverage of this. A followup on yesterdays conversation about commencement , whates, and of course has happened at the New York Times with the firing of their former executive editor. She spoke at wake forrest yesterday. The speech was scheduled before she was fired. A classy speech that makes the publisher look even worse. Taking the high road, she tells grads that her form is paid her former paper is important. The New York Times covered her speech as well in her business section. Talks ofmson resilience. Carolina,om north alongside parents and students were reporters from news organizations including political, the wall street journal, and several television stations. Host she was leaving the times more vibrant than ever. She was reproached she was approached by reporters after the ceremony ended, and she said she had nothing more to say. The article also says that a smooth transition was tried, but she refused to participate in a peaceful handover. Reports that she was fired for seeking equal pay set off a debate on gender equality. Those reports were strenuously denied by the times, which said that she earned it 10 more than her male colleague when her tenure ended. Mr. Sulzberger issued to more statements about ms. Abramson and attempt to quell the furor over her department her departure. Lostcluded that she had the support of her colleagues and could not win it back. As the been confirmed speaker for wake forrest for some weeks. She said in an interview before the commencement, she was recruited to speak by an alumnus and member of the board of trustees. Whattle context for you on Jill Abramson had to say. When we come back, we will talk about primary day in six states. [video clip] are a lot more resilient than we realize. Resilience and perseverance. There are so many examples of that. For me professionally, three heroes are a groundbreaking hero from the New York Times, and catherine graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, which broke the watergate story. Discrimination in a much tougher, more maledominated newspaper industry. They went on to win pulitzer prizes. , who wasgue jim rison standing up against an unfair washington leak investigation, is another hero. Book about anita hill, who testified about Sexual Harassment before an allwhite, allmale Senate Judiciary committee in the 1990s. The senators per trade her as being in as one of her it,actors so delicately put a little bit nutty, and a little bit slightly. Slutty. Potential that humiliation into a great career teaching and writing books that help truth to power. Anita was one of the many people who wrote me last week to say they are proud of me. Those messages are so appreciated. Faced danger,ve or even a soul scorching loss. But most of you havent. And leaving the protective cocoon of school for the working world must seem scary. You will probably have a dozen different jobs, try all different things. Sure, losing a job you love hurts. Revere, work i journalism that holds powerful institutions and people accountable, is what makes our democracy so resilience. This is the work i will remain very much a part of. Yesterday atramson wake forrest, the Commencement Speaker there. If you missed it, go to www. Cspan. Org and watch the whole speech. Up next, we will be talking about primary day. It is primary day in six states across the country, we want to know if the 2014 election is important to you. Four democrats, republicans 202 5853881, and independents 202 5853882. Twitter. Lso join us on politico story today is that there are five things to watch on a primary. Today is the closest thing to a super tuesday this primary season, the results of voting in six states will set the stage for some of the members novembers races. Mitch mcconnell faces a tea party in spidered inspired challenge. Polls finished closing in kentucky and georgia, at 7 00, at pennsylvania at 8 00, in p. M. , and in8 30 idaho and oregon at 11 00 eastern. We will have Coverage Later this evening at cspan2. Joining us on the phone now is jim galloway, editor and Political Columnist for the Atlanta Journalconstitution out of georgia. Primary day in that state. Senate a closely watched primary for the gop, featuring three house members. What is expected for this race . Guest if i knew that, i would be more than editor here. This is a substantially different race than it we expected in december. Is first candidate in what paul broun who had that u. S. Rep out of athens who had that about the big bang theory, evolution, were fertilized from hell. He is really not in the mix here anymore. It is likely that the u. S. Rep phil gingrey isnt either. Appears congressman who who may survive today, is Jack Kingston out of savannah. I think that says something to voter appreciation of congress these days. Host who is in the lead then . A we have a debt businessman named david pretty. He is the former ceo of dollar general, he ran reebok for a small. Period. He has lived abroad, in hong kong, paris. Test of the Tea Party Movement . Do, but thenk we tea party is in a little bit a little bit baffled and a little bit outgunned. Perdue has been shown in the lead, and put into but 6 million of his own money. Fundraiser the best in the group thomas and he also has a backing from the u. S. Chamber of commerce. And we really havent had those outside groups come in and play, other than the chamber. In a way that we felt that we might. That has left that side of the equation pretty much underfunded , in fact what youve seen in the last few days is that one candidate i havent mentioned this caret handle, former secretary of state of georgia. To be a vp with susan g. Komen, cure for cancer. Like what were seeing in these final few days is the Tea Party Groups are kind of broun, and lining up behind her. Host how does it work in the primaries today . Who goes on . Of the fewge is one remaining states in which you have to win a majority in every election. Have to win 50 less one less plus one. I dont think anyone is exceeded 25 yet. So your top two contenders will go on. Host when is the runoff scheduled for . July 22. will have low turnout, it will be in the hands of party activists. Host that is one of the things that your paper writes about today, key issues to watch during todays election. One of them is turnout. What are you expecting . Looking at early balloting, it is only running about half of what they are respecting in 2012. This is different for us. This is the earliest primary we have ever had in georgia history. Host why is that . Guest we have a situation where you had a generally primary in july, and then three weeks later you had a runoff. We got into a little tiff with the u. S. Justice department over overseas ballots for military personnel. The ballots cannot be physically transfer that quickly. So they mandated a larger space between that. The original plan was to have the runoff to have the primary right after memorial day weekend. And then, people thought that might not be a good idea, so they bumped it up. Done now isy have put the primary smack in the middle of the close of the school year. A lot of our polling places are in schools. So you can imagine the chaos, families are all all of the hubbub. These six candidates, is there one that democrats would like to face . Want tohe one they face, paul broun, is the one they are not going to get. Or phil gingrey, they wouldve loved to have had those. That is how Michelle Nunn was with thelast year, premise that paul broun was going to be the candidate. I think each one of these top three you could say have their own vulnerabilities. Andhave an Jack Kingston member of the house andopriations committee, congress what was the last approval for congress . Wasnt even in the teens . Host it mightve been below 10 . Guest thats what i thought. So you could go with karen handel, and she is gone to the right on a lot of issues. Including immigration. Georgia has never elected a senate, and its. Is been hard for women to win statewide office here. Host as you said, the candidate is Michelle Nunn. Who is she . Guest she is the daughter of sam nunn, georgia senator, former chairman of the Arms Services committee. Maryland, but in she has lived down here in atlanta for a good 20 years i believe. ,he still has property in perry georgia, which is where the nunnamily is from the family is from. She is head of the points of Light Foundation, which she has beenand she was head of the pois of Light Foundation for george w. Bush. Host does she have a chance . Guest she has a chance. She will not be an oddson favorite, not even and even odds favorite, but she has a chance. The state is changing demographically, but we do not know how fast. Host how is it changing demographically . Guest 10 years ago, 15 years ago, you had whites making up 68 of the voting population. Now they have dipped below 60 . That is likely to increase. Youeally comes across when look at younger voters. We had a poll out last weekend looking at overall approval ratings. Barack obama is a good measure. Statewide, he is at 51 disapproval here but if you look 18 to 39 years old, he swings to 48 approval. Host will lowes voters turn out . The younger ne guest that is the question. In a general election, it will be hard to turn them out. They do not turn out like they do in president ial races. You have to have an organization that prods them and brought them. Is you doteresting , youave just Michelle Nunn have jason carter. He is the only democrat on the ballot today so he is really not hard of the equation. But he is raising times and times of money with the help of his grandfather. All of that money is going to be put into turnout. When you throw in the money will probably have 9 million. Host are you saying she may ride the coattails of jimmy carters grandson