there s only so much money in town. and you got to make sure it comes your direction. and in the big picture last night, it was pretty clear, you have a great relationship with fox sports. those guys. and you have a great relationship with nascar. so sports and the military, just works. it does. it really does. nascar is incredible in what they ve done for the troops in raising visibility and so fox nfl sunday, we were their charity this year. it was phenomenal, you know, and barrett jackson so the whole automotive world is a very patriotic group of people and it was a lot of fun. you ll be joining me on radio in a little while and we ve sat down with the army chief of staff, army secretary general ray ordeono, he ll be talking about you, patricia and talking about your organization and what s happening in afghanistan, iraq and with our military, especially in the light of the budget cuts. patricia, always great to see you. you, too. thanks for coming again. no problem. thril
of m.c.ing the gala for the 100th straight year here in washington, d.c. actually it was the fourth year in a row but doing it eight years. familiar face on our show, president of executive director of the armed forces foundation, patricia driscol. what a great job you did last night. each year brings up new challenges. this year, the message is a lot about health care for those who serve. and those left behind. yeah, our whole message for last night was about coming home, you know, we need to take care of the guys who are here at home and we have so many that are wounded but not just physically, mentally and so our all of our message last night was about mental health care and telemedicine and expanding what the military has done. they ve done a phenomenal job. we ve had, you know, an increase in suicide and it s something that i know the military is taking very, very seriously. and, you know, last night was an opportunity for us to talk about what we think they can do. and also
director of the armed forces foundation that basically got the who s who of the defense world, the who s who of congress and the who s who in government. you had a message from president bush and a message from speaker pelosi. patricia, welcome back. thanks for having us. what was your mission and your staff s mission to do? why form the armed forces foundation? we formed the armed forces foundation to take care of our the immediate needs of our wounded and their families. you know, when somebody gets wounded, the family is flown to the hospitals to meet their wounded loved ones and they have to leave their jobs. when they leave their jobs, they don t have any money. we come in and pay those bills so that they actually have a home to come home to while they re dealing with the serious injury instead of racking up a lot of debt. the one thing that really rips you apart is you live to help those in trouble, trouble with the mortgage payments, separation between spouses but basi
make the sculpture more modest. don t cops have better things to do than worrying about that beautiful bust? they just were following a complaint by a snoopy neighbor who was offended so they called the cops. all right. brian, let s talk a little bit about why you re down in washington, d.c. today. and keep in mind, john, ashcroft dressed didn t he make a statue put on clothes. curtains. why not a snow woman? i got to tell you what s happening today. somebody very special is to my immediate left. the armed forces foundation have been doing this for six years. chance for a gala and chance to fund raise and say thank you to all those who support this fantastic organization. you know, as our military gears up on two wars and fights the war on terror around the globe, it costs money. it means that parents and kids are not together as those serve and it means they oftentimes need medical care afterwards and sometimes the government can t provide. you need organizations like that j