[ applause ] thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that s great. let s talk. general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it s a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it s the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem that entrenched, that complexly human ever be the kind of problem that has an end? well, it starts by figuring out that it is a problem of a
officer made a big, unwieldy public promise. ladies and gentlemen, my name is shinseki, and i am here to end veteran homelessness. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that s great. let s talk. general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it s a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it s the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem that
thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that s great. let s talk. general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it s a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it s the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem that