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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 believe john edwards that there were 200,000 homeless american veterans. >> i mean, come on. the only thing sleeping under a bridge is t...

200,000 veterans. it's not true on fox news, but it was true in america. and the new president-elected that year said that he wanted to get that problem fixed, and the new veterans affairs secretary said it would be a national priority. and along the way, in 2010, in one american city, in the city of phoenix, arizona, they did a census, almost a registry effort in their downtown, and they found that their city's share of the homeless veteran population in our country was 222 people, 222 veterans who were chronically homeless in phoenix. and the city of phoenix decided that they were going to g...

Where you feel like at this snapshot now, at the end of the year, even just a little bit ahead of the schedule that you hoped for, that we're in a snapshot moment where this problem right now is solved, but it's likely to recur? how do you plan to make this a lasting solution? obviously, this was a long-term 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 ...

Great partner. president obama has made this a priority. hud and va have made this a priority. it was a priority of the stimulus act. a lot of the housing units that the homeless veterans have been housed in were the result of the stimulus act. it took additional resources by the city council, great partnerships with the business community here in phoenix, arizona, through the united way, a great partnership called project h-3, health, home and hope, a coalition of non-profits. when you would come to a meeting in arizona on the issue of ending chronic homelessness of veterans, you didn't know ...

But phoenix got there first. and so, yes, a supposedly entractable problem, a heartbreaking problem that has always seemed like it has no solution in some small ways, at least in some very focused places, it is solvable, and dedicated, good government work in an american city just proved it. merry christmas. joining us now is the mayor of phoenix, arizona, greg stanton. mr. mayor, thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> rachel, it's an honor to be on. >> so, i oversimplified what you have done in phoenix. i condensed and oversimplified. what do you think is the most important factor ...