it s absolutely unacceptable. if the investigation substantiates these claims the va will take swift and appropriate action. joining me is congress christian from arizona, and assistant secretary at the va. both of you, thank you so much for joining me. dr. sources, let me turn quick on afghanistan. three americans were killed this week. why didn t we hear more about it? patrick, one of the main focuses, i m glad that you focused on pat and marie tillman, true americans, that are emblematic of sacrifice. if you look at dr. humanis, these are sacrifices to be truly understood. when i speak with my former cadets and colleagues serving in afghanistan, they say, it s still a, quote, messy stalemate.
and there s been a number of adults with criminal backgrounds that the children would not be turned over to. but the vast majority of the 102 don t fall under those categories. the federal judge in california earlier today said that, he saw no reason why 63 of the 102 could not have been transferred over to their families at some point today, but here we are. 38 out of 102, and as you mention, there s still a, another looming deadline here in the next couple of weeks on july 26th, of the 3,000 children that were separated from their families. so a lot of critics and immigrant advocates and attorneys who have been following these cases closely over the last month and a half, are really wondering if the federal government was not prepared to handle and reunite 102 children with their families, how in the world would they handle the vast majority of the much larger number of 3,000