the former general claims the end is in sight. he told congress by 2015 the v.a. will eliminate the backlog. the new system would process claims in 125 days or less. the solution is to make veterans wait only four months instead of years. i m joined by the congressman of california, a member of the armed services committee. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. always good to be with you. this is an aftermath problem we didn t anticipate, posttraumatic stress disorder needs a great deal of attention. that was a number in a cause of residual of war that we didn t and it tis pate. is this the best we can do? where are we, john? this is not the best we can do. in fact, this is despicable. there is no reason other than lethargic action by the v.a. and, i must say, congress has got to appropriate the money to hire the people to get this done. with regard to the electronic