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On the wait time issue is satisfactory to you thus far? >> we're making progression, but we're not where we need to be. 20% of our appointments are same day. 97% of our appointments roughly are within 30 days of desired time, so we're making progress, but we still need to hire more doctors, more nurses and we still need to create more venues, more buildings in order for veterans to get in. since i've been secretary, we've hired 800 doctors, a thousand nurses. we now have permission from congress and funding to build at least 27 new facilities. so there was a case where the demand was much grea...

>> we're making progression, but we're not where we need to be. 20% of our appointments are same day. 97% of our appointments roughly are within 30 days of appointments are same day. 97% of our appointments roughly, are within 30 days of the desired time. so we're making progress but we still need to hire more doctors, more nurses and we still need to create more venues more buildings, in order for veterans to get in. since i've been secretary, we've hired around 800 doctors. we've hired over 1,000 nurses. we now have permission from congress and funding to build 27 or lease 27 new facilities....

So, they have not been impacted. production and exports have not been impacted in iraq so far. as you say, we are going into the summer driving season. that's peak demand for gasoline. approaching the end of the summer refineries start ramping up their output for heating oil going into the winter. very delicate time right now. we are already at nine month highs on oil because of the expectation and worry around it any more upset or acceleration of this fighting may very well create a major spike in gas and oil as well. >> what's the lag time? if there is a disruption today in iraq from the oil...

So, they have not been impacted. production and exports have not been impacted in iraq so far. as you say, we are going into the summer driving season. that's peak demand for gasoline. approaching the end of the summer refineries start ramping up their output for heating oil going into the winter. very delicate time right now. we are already at nine month highs on oil because of the expectation and worry around it any more upset or acceleration of this fighting may very well create a major spike in gas and oil as well. >> what's the lag time? if there is a disruption today in iraq from the oil...

That that guy is making $0.02 a gallon on that gas. there's no way. he could be making 30, 40, $0.50 a gallon. new york national average, if you can go to triple a, maybe we can get the producers to do it, find out what the new york national -- the new york state average is. if it's $3.58 or $3.60 or $3.65, he's got a $4.50 on there, something is wrong. >> we have a lot of different problems here. we can have gas stations maybe gouging and charging -- >> that's a problem when prices go up. >> bottom line is prices are going up and my question to you this morning is the expert on the couch on t...