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Increases in paperwork. the v.a.'s own numbers shows wait times are not getting better, it's getting worse. 161 days, the next year, 165 days, next year 188 days, last year, 262 days. the universe of the problem they are dealing with is getting bigger by design, by policy, by good policy, by their own policy. but the pace at which they are dealing with the existing problem is not getting better, it is getting worse and we keep hearing from the v.a., we got this. really, for a decade now we've been hearing it's all under control. >> we need to bring that backlog of claims down. >> the v.a. has ...

Hearing from the v.a., we got this. really, for a decade now we've been hearing it's all under control. >> we need to bring that backlog of claims down. >> the v.a. has made significant improvements to the claims decision making process, but clearly more must be done. >> we will improve the timeliness and accuracy of claims processing. >> we'implementing a robust pla. >> we have a fix for this, and we'll end the bag log in 2015. >> last remark from the current secretary of veterans affairs, eric shinseki, who has not talked much to the national press. maybe that is changing. but i am, for one,...

Benefits -- veterans to get v.a. benefits. last week, they crashed with richard burrr over the report over the agent performance. house hearing on the claims processing is scheduled tomorrow. updated v.a. statistks say there are 862,000 claims pending and the wait time is 273 days. pope francis urged his flock to protect the environment, the weak and the poor in today's installation mass at the vatican. seep your foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg has highlights from rome. >> did a couple of laps at st. peter's square and got out with a disabled man in with crowd of 200,000 people. then...

Top, so in the event -- to get really close and potentially nick the well bore, they put mud down to control any hydrocarbons that might come out. regarding the longer-term containment, we should by next week have the additional vessel in place to start producing off of the kill line, the other line that's available to bring oil to the surface. that will bring us to three production vessels and the 53,000-barrel capacity we were looking for by the end of june. moving beyond that, we're very close to completing the first free-standing riser pipe, that will allow us to go to the new configuratio...

About 200 of roughly 460 guards men who have been activated have received specialized training to assist bp with claims processing. to put simply, this is a multi-purpose force prepared to handle any challenge. i hope our governors put them to good use. so the full resources of our government are being mobilized to confront this disaster. but it's not only important for everyone from the federal government on down to do all we can, it's also important for us to work together to make sure our efforts are well coordinated. that's why governor riley and the other gulf coast governors have been on...