when it came to funding, we have increased funding for va services in unprecedented fashion, because we understood that it's not enough to give lip service to our veterans, but not be willing to put our money where our mouth is. and so, what i can say confidentially, this has been a priority. it has been a priority reflected in my budget and in terms of managing the va where we have seen a problem, where we have been aware of a problem, we have gone after it and fixed it and have been able to make significant progress, but, what is absolutely clear this one, this issue of scheduling, is one that the reporting systems inside of the vha did not surface to the level where rick was aware of it or we were able to see it. this was not something that we were hearing, when i was