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without fear of retaliation. joining me, once again, msnbc military analyst general jerry mccaffrey. is there a firestorm of sorts coming? has pandora s box been opened at the va? there s two aspects to this. the va with 1,700 health care delivery places it one of the best medical systems in the country. digitized records. they re really kind to our veterans once they re in facilities. the problem is the giant bureaucracy, 330,000 people, the secretary is barely in charge, because congressmen restrict any movement of budget. it s a heavily unionized force which is good and causes issues, and it s underresourced, given the giant load that s been put on it, with 2.5 million vets coming home from iraq and afghanistan. and my age group, the vietnam veterans, 3 million of us, now getting older and putting heavy