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Got it ready. they're getting ready for a mass casualty event. they're taking surgeons in the hospital how they handle wounds like shrapnel wounds. they have wound vacs use negative pressure. try to keep the wounds clean. do they have enough supplies? currently they do. do they have enough gauze, have enough beta dine, do they have enough sutures? they have all of that as you know even a surgeon who knows how to do basic trauma is not somebody that can tie a blood vessel together with micro surgery or necessarily to handle a shrapnel wound. when do you am tate, when do you don't. this is thing...

Also urging congress to confirm mike pompeo as the head of the cia and robert light hiser as a trade representative. >> i'm proud to be here. i know this man and i noel do a great -- know he'll do a great job. >> reporter: in 2012, dole entered the capitol rotunda to visit the cass set of his friend and former world war ii veteran as he laid in state. the pair met while recovering from combat injuries during world war ii. they had been sent to the same hospital in michigan after suffering injuries from nazi gunfire in italy. there, dole convinced innaway to go into politics after the loss of h...

As well, traveling in support of legislation for disabled veterans. >> just the right thing to do. >> reporter: one trip back to the capitol was much tougher for him to make. in 2012 dole visited the casket of his friend, colleague and fellow world war ii veteran senator daniel inouye of hawaii as he laid in state. the pair met while recovering from combat injuries during world war ii. they had both been sent to the same hospital in michigan. there dole convinced inouye to go into politics after the loss-his arm dashed his dream -- loss of his arm dashed his dream. seven months later, dole mad...

Proeken v.a. system. wasn't prepared to wait 68 days for my prosthetic leg to be repaired. wasn't prepared to make a three-hour round trip so just last year they could check to see if i still had my serious combat injuries. i wasn't prepared to watch my wife beg, plead and make callous phone calls to receive what was often basic medical care. but today is a new day and this administration has fulfilled its promise that the veteran is empowered and a veteran is in charge of his or her own care. under the previous administration, i waited over 3 1/2 years for acquired adaptive changes to be made...

I wasn't prepared to wait 57 days for a signature on a piece of paper so that my own prosthetic limb could be repaired. i wasn't prepared to be asked to make a three hour round trip so that just last year they could check to see if i still had my serious combat injuries. i wasn't prepared to watch my wife beg, plead, and make countless phone calls so i could receive what was often basic and necessary medical care. but today is a new day. and this administration has fulfilled its promise that the veteran is empowered and a veteran is in charge of his or her own care. under the previous administ...