the power to do, this they have done it in fact before in our nation s history. we gave bob hope and steve fisher at fisher s house honorary veteran status. it wasn t at the end of the war, it was actually in 2009 we passed a law that allocated $188 million those folks and later gave them the congressional gold medal. we are not asking for any of that all we are asking for is declaration they are honorary veterans. private sector to support these groups. pete: you run into industrial complex which others have as well. have you support. here is some of the endorsements have you received from the outside for this particular initiative. defense secretaries rumsfeld, gates, panetta. david petraeus, many others, ambassador bolton, crocker, wolfowitz, mike rogers. do you vat vietnam veterans of america wounded warrior project and 17,000 signatures on change.org. so i imagine viewers here