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Maybe they're sort of dangling the prospect, hey, if you put the fight off on the shut down, we'll get them on the debt ceiling a month later. they're buying themselves a month's time here. >> i think it is two-fold. a delaying tactic because the leadership, the leadership's issue with this is very simple. they don't philosophically have, there is no daylight on killing obama care. they want to shut down obama care, however, they are worried that just shutting down the government is a one-day tactic and then you have to fight it out for months on end and that gives barack obama, drags barack o...

But it's squeezed different plays and one of the things you provide equipment to is veterans hospitals. are you concerned that when they come back and washington can't get anything done, that's going to be an even greater worry for your business? >> well, yes, i am. the sequester didn't affect us deeply. it did impact our department of defense business in a negative way. but that seemed to be offset with growth in the department of veteran affairs which, of course, was not included as part of the sequester. but if you have a government shutdown, it would certainly have a negative impact on our...

Disastrous effects president obama said it was going to have but it's squeezed different plays and one of the things you provide equipment to is veterans hospitals. are you concerned that when they come back and washington can't get anything done, that's going to be an even greater worry for your business? >> well, yes, i am. the sequester didn't affect us deeply. it did impact our department of defense business in a negative way. but that seemed to be offset with growth in the department of veteran affairs which, of course, was not included as part of the sequester. but if you have a governme...

In the meantime, we've always told you about the growing v.a. scandal and the many problems are veterans are having to get to health care. you might think that we aren't spending enough to get our veterans that help that they need. turns out, that's not the case at all. according to the white house, v.a. funding levels growing faster than any other government agency, tripling since just 2000. keeping pace with the massive jump in the number of vets coming home. stephen dinan is a staff writer for "the washington times." he's my guest. we've put money into it but does money always solve the pro...