and what the president will do today is convene a task force. i think i will being the co-chair with my partners at the department of defense and other departments of the government. and we will bring out best medicine, the best social science in addition to going to the congress and asking for grants and moneys to give to our states and locations so they can help us in this fight. ainsley: mr. secretaries, is there anything we can do? because when you hear these numbers. these are individuals that have fought or our country. sacrificed so much. these are god's children. these are lives. when you know that someone is at the depths of despair, is there anything we can do as a public? >> i think there is i will give you an example. i was in alaska a few months ago and i went to see the alaska federation of natives. over half of the veterans in the state of alaska are outside of the department of veterans affairs. and i asked the afn to double the number of veterans tribal