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Administration. our repeated requests denied or ignored. >> no veteran should have to fill out a 23-page claim to get care or wait months, even years to get an appointment at the v.a. >> reporter: in august 2007, candidate barack obama gave this campaign speech to veterans. specifically addressing wait lists, denied care and poor treatment of vets. he promised his administration would be different. >> when we fail to keep faith with our veterans, the bond between our nation and our nation's heroes becomes frayed. when a veteran is denied care, we're all dishonored. >> reporter: for barry cotes...

Exactly who was disciplined and now. >> reporter: cnn has made repeated requests for interviews with top officials at the v.a., including the president's appointed head of the veterans administration. a repeated requests denied or ignored. >> no veteran should have to fill out a 23-page claim to get care or wait months, even years to get an appointment at the virginia. >> reporter: in august 2007, candidate barack obama gave this campaign speech to veterans. specifically addressing weight lists, denied care and poor treatment of vets. he promised his administration would be different. >> when ...

Together, you write about this in the book, and if you out there don't know this, there's an infamous moment of jim cramer, an incredible moment of august 2007, everyone, this is right before the proverbial brown stuff hit the fan. and at that time, a lot of people didn't think it was going to. and people said things are going to be fine, but not jim. here's the moment. >> he has no idea! >> cramer -- >> i've talked to the heads of almost every single one of these firms in the last 72 hours and he has no idea what it's like out there! none! and bill poole has no idea what it's like out there! ...

August 2007, everyone, this is right before the proverbial brown stuff hit the fan. and at that time, a lot of people didn't think it was going to. and people said things are going to be fine, but not jim. here's the moment. >> he has no idea! >> cramer -- >> i've talked to the heads of almost every single one of these firms in the last 72 hours and he has no idea what it's like out there! none! and bill poole has no idea what it's like out there! my people have been in this game for 25 years! and they are losing their jobs, and these firms are going to go out of business and he's nuts! they a...

All these doomsday naysayers over the course of the last five or six years. and just like the president said in the clip you just played, he's down sometimes, he's up sometimes. what's good for him is he has an opportunity to come back up. the 24 hour news cycle is how he dominates the process. there's serious challenges in that. >> you know, you wrote about the times that they've asked whether or not the president can come back or not and whether he can recover. you wrote it was asked again in january 2010 from orlando to buffalo after republican scott brown won a special election in massachu...