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To fix the v.a. we all agree on that. so now having been exposed both for the bad idea and their ignorance about its consequences, they've caved. pressure worked. the department of veterans affairs has just announced that it is proclaiming itself exempt from the hiring freeze. but only for specific positions necessary to meet public safety responsibilities. this is the memorandum they put out about that, their exempted positions include medical officer, physicians assistant, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, dental officer, chiropractor, psychologist, therapist, social worker, dietitian, occupat...

Pharmacist, dental hygienist, laundry worker, food service worker, pest control. housekeeping aide. maintenance mechanic, tractor operator, materials handler, cemetery representative, tools and parts attendant. also occupation category 3502 which is laborer. so, yeah, hiring freeze applies to everybody. except for every job title the veterans administration can name which they are proclaiming exempt from this stupid hiring freeze. when veterans erupt and veteran supporters erupt and the press erupts and the by a they did in the face of that insult and they create as much pressure around that a...

Concert, actually, yes, it is the answer. that is what we're trying to do to fix the v.a. we all agree on that. so now having been exposed both for the bad idea and their ignorance about its consequences, they've caved. pressure worked. the department of veterans affairs has just announced that it is proclaiming itself exempt from the hiring freeze. but only for specific positions necessary to meet public safety responsibilities. this is the memorandum they put out about that, their exempted positions include medical officer, physicians assistant, nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, dental officer...

To the fallen who were buried there. >> mr. higinbotham, when did you first realize there were mismarked graves, unmarked graves, improperly marked graveç at arlington national cemetery? >> well, ma'am, having been a cemetery representative back during the vietnam war, doing funerals, it was always -- i can't pinpoint a date and time. but it was always to me conceptual that anything done by hand for 140-plus years, there has to be some errors somewhere. >> i'm not asking about conceptual or an isolated error. i'm asking you what year -- let me just ask the question this way. the documentation...

First realize there were mismarked graves, unmarked ç graves, improperly marked graves at arlington national cemetery? >> well, ma'am, having been a cemetery representative back during the vietnam war, doing funerals, it was always -- i can't pinpoint a date and time. but it was always to me conceptual that anything done by hand for 140-plus years, there has to be some errors somewhere. >> i'm not asking about conceptual or an isolated error. i'm asking you what year -- let me just ask the question this way. the documentation that we have developed for this hearing would indicate that you ha...