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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 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...

First heard by millions of people. in today's news, now and maybe ever, there is no other thing that will ever be like that, but 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, ...

To ever recreate how important that was at the time it was first heard by millions of people. in today's news, now and maybe ever, there is no other thing that will ever be like that, but 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 ci...

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 provide them not just housing, although we've got to get them housing immediately, housing first, but we wrap around ser...

The right partners. the federal government was a 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 c...