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Backlogged facilities. is this the answer, pete? >> i know it's part of it. i really do. i was outside the baltimore v.a. a couple of days ago talking to veterans going in and out. they're saying why am i waiting to get a colonoscopy or something else at a v.a. hospital when i can get it somewhere else? i think the key question is choice. why shouldn't we give the veterans a choice which inserts competition. it recommends we change the game. >> which brings up the idea of vouchers. john mccain is on the fight as well. he said let's issue vouchers so they can get the help they need whenever the...

Casualties in afghanistan have happened under barack obama's watch. since the war in afghanistan started, 74% of our troops have been killed since 2009 under his watch so i think that we can't ignore that, especially on memorial day. president obama has a habit going into places where it's libya or egypt, creating a problem and never having an exit strategy. we'll hear about that on wednesday from him but we still don't know what is going to happen, who is going to fill the vacuum. i think president hamid karzai should be worried about his own safety considering the united states is going to b...

>> that's fortitude and belief in exceptionalism that this president doesn't have. >> he needs to stand firm and say i'm not going to put something out there and say this is my mission and then retreat. this is what we stand for. we're going to show some follow through here and i don't think he has that backbone. >> doesn't want to have it. >> it's now more than two months u.s. marine sergeant has been jailed in a mexican president after he accidentally drove across the border with three legally owned guns. he faces federal charges in mexico for carrying a military weapon not registered there....

Accountability and veterans are waiting in line to get care -- >> agreed with you there. >> let me finish. the senate should be doing the nation's business, not getting involved in a private sector issue that can be solved by the marketplace. >> but the question is from pete whether or not the name should be changed. i'm addressing that. politics aside, if there are large groups of people offended by the name of a team -- >> but shouldn't private organizations, private businesses have the ability to choose the name of their team? >> the answer is no. they should not be able to use something th...