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President obama's troop surge in iraq has died of cancer. retired general ray odierno, his military career spanned nearly four decades. he commanded forces in iraq at the height of the war there including when the u.s. captured saddam hussein. in 2011, he became army chief of staff. his last post before retiring in 2015. general odierno is survived by his wife linda and three children. he was 67 years old. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutr...

Michael flynn and vladimir putin sitting elbow to elbow at a fancy dinner in moscow. come on, make it more subtle. it was taken december of 2015. general flynn was about to take a job with the trump campaign. vladamir putin was working behind the scenes to attack our election to help swing the election in trump's favor. all a little obvious. we're going on three years now since that picture was taken. given all that's happened since then, the picture almost looks weirder -- it looks weirder now than the day general flynn was sitting there. why would he do that? what was he doing there in mosco...

>> have you lived up to that responsibility? >> the commitment hasn't changed, candy. i took this job to make things better for veterans. i don't know them individually, but i know them as a group. i've served with many of them. and the commitment hasn't changed. and we're going to fix this. >> and, again, for you and for the president it's not a question of commitment. it's a question of results. and the question is have there been enough results over a five-year period to satisfy you? >> no veteran should have to wait for claims as they are today. we have a fix for this. we're open for busin...

>> no veteran should have to wait for claims as they are today. we have a fix for this. we're open for business. and we will end the backlog in 2015. >> general shinseki, we appreciate you coming by. we hope you will come by more often as such an important issue for the whole country not just the veterans seeking their benefits. thank you. >> thank you, candy. a point of clarification on the veteran urn employment rate, it is 9.4% amongest post-september 11th veterans. the overall veteran unemployment rate is 6.9%, that is lower than the national rate. next two re veteran groups will join ...