conversations with joe manchin and with house and senate leaders. we have a problem on the house side because so many of these votes were delivered on the promise of a commitment to negotiate around that framework that everybody signed off on. and so i think there are a lot of hurt feelings going on and afterall, these may be members of congress and a president, but they have feelings, too, and you can hear those expressed. i think they re going to come back to the table you know, get the holidays out of the way. let the you know, cooler heads prevail and get back to the negotiating table. this is a no fail for democrats. they don t really have a choice about getting something passed because their future, their political future really depends on it. real quick, the political tech tonic plates are shifting and the united mine workers in west virginia are asking manchin to rethink his position. you know, still the case he s
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that s correct. the president has been forward and leading on this. i think you re familiar with the joining forces initiative out of the white house led by the first lady and dr. jill biden that promised by the end of 20 2013 100,000 new jobs for military spouses and veterans, they passed that in 2012. and i think we re up in the neighborhood of 175,000 and continuing to grow. we hire veterans inside the federal government. one-third of my agency are veterans. and we re looking to push that to 40%. but this is an area there s many more outside obviously that need help. i want to ask you a final question. by playing back something you said in 2008 when you were nominated. they deserve a smooth, error-free, no-fail, benefits assured transition into our ranks as veterans, and that is our responsibility. not theirs.
federal government. one-third of my agency are veterans. and we re looking to push that to 40%. but this is an area there s many more outside obviously that need help. i want to ask you a final question. by playing back something you said in 2008 when you were nominated. they deserve a smooth, error-free, no-fail, benefits assured transition into our ranks as veterans, and that is our responsibility. not theirs. have you lived up to that responsibility? the commitment hasn t changed, candy. i took this job to make things better for veterans. i don t know them individually, but i know them as a group. i ve served with many of them. and the commitment hasn t changed. and we re going to fix this. and, again, for you and for the president it s not a question of commitment. it s a question of results. and the question is have there been enough results over a five-year period to satisfy you?