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Veterans, so many of them now, and a lot of the figures that are coming out of the va right now don't speak to a country that really is committed to helping these veterans when they come back. i think we're going to pay out like $59 billion, almost $60 billion, for vets and their families in this fiscal year. the average time to complete a claim, 261 days. the backlog is more than half a million claims. do you think that the va is doing its job? >> no, not to serve every single veteran that's coming in, both the new generation of veterans from those who served in iraq and afghanistan as well a...

Lincoln did after the civil war, but still there's no certainty in human affairs. we have to continue to be a leader and troy to foil the iranian regime or bashar al assad's regime in syria to ensure the gains in iraq we've seen in the last ten years remain in the next ten years. >> let me turn to you, congresswoman, you alluded to, veterans, so many of them now, and a lot of the figures that are coming out of the va right now don't speak to a country that really is committed to helping these veterans when they come back. i think we're going to pay out like $59 billion, almost $60 billion, for...

>> these comments are outrageous. they are completely inaccurate and absurd. if i was a u.s. service member in kabul, i would be offended. for all of karzai's weaknesses, he's a good afghan politician and he uses the u.s. as a foil from time to time. it's infuriating. >> karzai's political career was nearly cut short in 2009 when his bid for a second term was marred by ballot stuffing and fraud. karzai won re-election but accused of corruption. the u.s. continued to support his efforts doubling war spending from 59 billion in 2009 to 118 billion in 2011. >> we once again have a voice as the pe...

It requires the government to keep current staffing levels at detention centers for undocumented immigrants. boosts embassy security by $2 billion. and funds the government through september the 30th. but if the gop is working to mitigate disaster for defense, they're far from rolling back the sequester reductions. democrats wanting to restore head start or health care funding, of course, came away empty handed. indeed, new estimates from the congressional budget office show that under the stopgap bill, current appropriations levels will drop by about $59 billion leaving the president less rea...

These two over here, they are going to be making sure that we're investing if american energy. that we are doing everything that we can to combat the threat of climate change. that we are going to create jobs and economic opportunity in the first place. they are going to be a great team. these are some of my top priorities going forward. >> bret: the president today introducing his nominees for the epa and the energy department. bena mccarthy and earnest monuz. these are two big areas if for president as he talked about. especially when it comes to regulations. talk about the regulations here....