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People who serve and i see it as my duty to bring up and to criticize the military where appropriate. because it's our obligation to make it better. >> to your point about the issues that this threat has brought up, i want to ask about suicide. because for years the va has reported that the number of suicides has been stagnant, an average of 20 suicides a day. and in the past few months we've seen incidents of veterans committing suicides at va facilities. what do you know about the efforts to get these veterans the help they need? >> i know it's long and ongoing and not a simple solution. i k...

Taxpayer funds. accusations, of course, he denied, but do you think that sort of clouded -- made it difficult for him to perform in his making excuses or defending david shulkin but what i'll say his removal from being the secretary of the department of veterans affairs has been the result of a coordinated effort led by those who like to see wrecking balls and bulldozers taken to va facilities and he wasn't playing along and pushed out. now we have admiral jackson when's been nominated. where is he on these issues? we don't know. you know, all i know about dr. jackson is came out and gave the ...

The president's health. on the president's health. but for members of congress, particularly the senate, it becomes a little bit sticky. the democrats don't have to make a lot of noise in the senate on this. i think republicans will make a lot of noise basically because of what the kern sacolonel said. there are some real bottom-line concerns that have longer-term impacts in the veterans community which a lot of those members are tied into very closely and they listen to them. so if the feedback from them is slow your roll on this nomination, it could meet for a very bumpy ride. in addition to...

Comfortable. the bad attitude dealing with deep-seated stress is a really great way to take the edge off. to be attacked like that in killed is just really very sad. >> before taking over from a work in a several other va facilities in santa rosa, palo alto in boston. gary rose with the rotary club of napa worked closely with her and her colleagues. those who knew jennifer remembering her as a wonderful therapist, loving wife and mother to an 8-year-old daughter. she was the psychiatrist who discharged the gun man just weeks before the deadly standoff. one of the former colleagues,

Needed. he signed into law a bill empowering senior va officials to fire failing employees who are not taking care of our vets. as a result, accountability is being restored. he signed into law a bill streamlining lengthy process that veterans undergo when appealing disability benefits claims. hundreds of thousands of vets are awaiting decisions regarding their appeals. the president is pushing the va to use the new streamlined process to work through the backlog as quickly as possible. he also signed a bill authorizing $2.1 billion in additional funds for the veterans choice program. this pro...