few deeply traumatic stories that affect veterans across the country. my question, how much can one person do? how much political will do you think there is on both sides of the aisle to truly fix what's wrong here? the president listed a number of his nominees that have yet to be confirmed because republicans in congress are dragging their feet. those people could be all actors in helping resolve what is a massive crisis at the va. >> that new york times piece was referencing active duty military hospitals and bob mcdonald will oversee the veterans hospitals which is separate and larger. i will say, alex, and i agree with sam, where the rubber meets the road is the budgets. lelgts be clear, the military budget -- the va budget went from $90 billion a year to $154 billion. that's a 58% increase. now the bill is going to conference is about $35 billion