[ applause ] thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that s great. let s talk. general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it s a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it s the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem that entrenched, that complexly human ever be the kind of problem that has an end? well, it starts by figuring out that it is a problem of a
entrenched, that complexly human ever be the kind of problem that has an end? well, it starts by figuring out that it is a problem of a definite size, it is not an infinite thing. the work goes on for 200,000 men and women who wore the uniform of the united states of america, proud veterans who go to sleep every night under bridges or in shelters or on grates. john edwards dropping out of the race for the democratic nomination for president in 2008. and there was a brief kerfuffle at the time over those remarks because a host on the fox news network, named bill o reilly, said he did not believe john edwards that there were 200,000 homeless american veterans. i mean, come on. the only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy s brain. actually, john edwards was correct. the census for homeless u.s. veterans in 2008 was about
entrenched, that complexly human ever be the kind of problem that has an end? well, it starts by figuring out that it is a problem of indefinite size, it is not an infinite thing. the work goes on for 200,000 men and women who wore the uniform of the united states of america, proud veterans who go to sleep every night under bridges or in shelters or on grates. john edwards dropping out of the race for the democratic nomination for president in 2008. and there was a brief kerfuffle at the time over those remarks because a host on the fox news network, named bill o reilly, said he did not believe john edwards that there were 200,000 homeless american veterans. i mean, come on. the only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy s brain. actually, john edwards was correct. the census for homeless u.s. veterans in 2008 was about