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>> yesterday eric shinseki resigned and that did not come as a big surprise to anybody. the first thing is the replacement and interim sloan gibson. good idea? >> somebody needed to move in. sloan is a good man and he will at least in the interim period start the process that needs to be done. there is a lot of confidence that needs to be restored in the department of veterans affairs and i think he can get that started and i talked to him after the president made the announcement and he would transfer the aggravation and anger as to the way the department acted. he will deputy a long way to g...

>> yesterday eric shinseki resigned and that did not come as a big surprise to anybody. the first thing is the replacement and interim sloan gibson. good idea? >> somebody needed to move in. sloan is a good man and he will at least in the interim period start the process that needs to be done. there is a lot of confidence that needs to be restored in the department of veterans affairs and i think he can get that started and i talked to him after the president made the announcement and he would transfer the aggravation and anger as to the way the department acted. he will deputy a long way to g...

Albeit some of them out in phoenix, are apparently on their way to being fired. >> i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon. barbara, i am just vexed by the notion that senior leadership has admitted this is not a money problem, this is not a broke area, this is an administration, this is a department that had a surplus of $500 million rolling over to next year. so when it comes to veterans, when it comes to those who need the care the most still flooding off the battlefield, if money wasn't an issue, is it just this complete debacle that should rest only at shinseki's resignation? >> ...

System. they prolonged appointments. they have fake lists that demonstrated they only had veterans waiting 14 days for an appointment when in reality they were waiting over four, five, even six months, if not longer to be seen. >> what's the problem with the va? as long as i can remember, the president was saying this was a decades long problem and technically he's right and it's growing as more veterans retire. the fact of the matter is it is well known to be a poor responsive agency. do we just keep putting the same type of folks in there? is it civilians running this? what's going on? >> it...

Portions in restaurants? you can make an argument that you're served too much in restaurants. >> oh, yeah. no, we're often overserved, which doesn't help in terms of obesity. but also leads to a whole the of food not being used. and so, yeah, being more sensible on portion sizes, or if you're served too much, taking that food home. and having that food the next day as leftovers, that will certainly help. >> yeah. and you mentioned the money. i mean, this garbage project estimates 25% of the food we bring home ends up wasted. so a family of four can spend $175 a week, 40 bucks of that is just w...