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[ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that's great. let's talk. >> general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it's a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it's the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem tha...

Entrenched, that complexly human ever be the kind of problem that has an end? well, it starts by figuring out that it is a problem of a definite size, it is not an infinite thing. >> the work goes on for 200,000 men and women who wore the uniform of the united states of america, proud veterans who go to sleep every night under bridges or in shelters or on grates. >> john edwards dropping out of the race for the democratic nomination for president in 2008. and there was a brief kerfuffle at the time over those remarks because a host on the fox news network, named bill o'reilly, said he did not ...

Officer made a big, unwieldy public promise. >> ladies and gentlemen, my name is shinseki, and i am here to end veteran homelessness. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that's great. let's talk. >> general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a s...

Problem for a lot of these veterans, which is why their homelessness was called chronic, rather than intermittent. >> yeah, it is chronic homeless. in fact, the average veteran labeled chronically homeless in the city of phoenix had been on the streets for eight years. eight years. so, we provide them not just housing, although we've got to get them housing immediately, housing first, but we wrap around services. so, whatever ails them, whatever's causing their homelessness, be it mental health issues, be it whatever medical condition, maybe it's substance abuse, we get a roof over their head ...

In today's news, there is something much smaller in scale, but to the same effect, in a way, to the same effect of proving that things can be seen from a whole new angle, that unsolvable things are solvable. in today's news, no, it is not the earth rising for the first time for human eyes, but it is an american city that just proved that a problem could be solved, a problem could be solved that no american city has ever solved before. it seems like it can't be true, but it is true. it is a small thing, but it is a really good thing and it is new news, and that's next. when you're serious about...