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 problem? >> no, that's exactly the lesson you learn from this. if one group has been protected from budget cuts, it's veterans and the military. the sequester didn't affect the v.a. specifically, that was one category we wanted to keep outside of these cuts. in addition, we had the military