Or helicopter crashes inefen defense of this country,se o of course, when we hear, that, weo think of bunker hill ornorm Normandy Oandyr the frozen chosn it, chosin reservoir, perhaps even the invasion in goo afghanistan. In Two Thousand One , weve seen good men and women leave behind wives and husbands, sonsf and daughters, and a long life r ahead to go die in a war as we should. We honor them. I have thousands ofd Blood Brothers from the War On Terror myself. None because we share the same d blood , but because we spilledta our Blood Fighting for the samee calls for america. For you. So memorial day is a day wecognz recognize thate and honor itweo again, as we should. Butuld. What about our actio what do we do to honor them in life . E think do we think about their sacrifice before we tweet something hateful or before werr slap a political Bumper Sticker on our car . Do we have the them inm in our . When we show up in november and vote for people, most of whom have never servedr leaders. To become our leaders . Do our politicians, who of course fancy themselves fighting patriots, havpatriotse our fallen in mind when they argue legislation or vote on bills or allow the Executive Branch full authority to send the next wave of americans to die. Kevin mccarthy, the House Speaker, struck a Deal Thisslow week that will slow or reduce some of the spending on capitol hill that has the country. And thirty trillion dollarhe cof debt and many Fiscal Ng Pointtives in an uproar as the Talking Pointss Came Flog and messaging came flowing downstream. Wnstream from Co From Congress W reviews and explanations of how theyll limi ty willt and cl frivolous government spending. One set of exceptioning,s seem to come up with pride. Pr they didnt cut or stymie Defense Spending or the vabudge. Budget. No, most conservatives believeg in a Strong Defense and in rhetoric at least say we should take care of our veterans. Some even took exception to the lack of more money Flowing Inton the unaudited Department Of DefenseSage Military Expertilir senator linsey graham. Even and sen said he couldnt ss this deal because it just doesnt Spend Enoughn Th on thef in ukraine. The Bidenen Defensese budgets a joke before, and if we adopt it as republicans, we will bece doing a great disservice to theh party of ronald reagan. Rothe biggest winner of the bide Defense Budget is china, Becausl Have Ae theyll have a t navy and it will be putin. Theres nothing in the budgetp for biden to help ukrainuke win a war that are on the Verge Ofss Driving the russians out. So i like kevin a lot, but dont tell me that the biden Defense Budget fully funds the military Fire And Brimstone . Theres nothing in that budget m for biden to help ukraine, Meaninet P Ukrag we havent spent enoughh on a war that has noe Immediate Impact on the Safetym Sure L and security of our homeland. Im sure linsey and othersinping and several other republicans pining for more money to be Fospent On War believe this ouru is just the way to keep our country safe. But i wonder if they believe this is the way to keeprriors our warriors alive. A. I wonder how manyve had w conversations he and others have had with gold star widows like the one i had yesterday with my friend stacy greer, whose husband was standing beside me and killed by the ied. That took my legs as a strong mother, just needing reassurance. Its okay to grievreassue not only the loss of a man she loved, but the loss she had of a marriage and a partnership and a life as well. Li bubut after a 20 year war, we surrendered, left billions of Dollars Worth of equipment in the hands of our enemies. Ofand went straight ahead to gie our money to fight another war. H where is the fiscal responsibility . An endless wars and funding other countries wars eveneven m more. Republicans in Congress Arorebln proud of the money theyre sending to the failing Va Republicans crowning of Yeari Achievement in the last couple th years with the va is giving it full budget to take care ofs veterans, then approving eve nat to more money on top of that,pay e to pay private doctors to do what the va cant do, provide care to veterans. Thats because everyveteransrest republican member in congress, with the courage to say that s the government is spendingay tho much money on Social Safety Net Programs will immediately fold if the va is building the facility in their district. Messaging, not outcomes, perhaps get you elected over and over again. One of the managain. Y veterans s let down by the va posted this compelling video last week, seven time. S seven times over the course of the last six years, the va has continued to let me down. Ep these doctors keep clinton. They keep switching of continuity of care to the old tired of it. That is , want to be able to , as a person, have the sameal man individual minutage by. To its not a lot to ask. I just want to be able to talkok to the same person and not thes continue to have to retell these stories. Torment me. Joe carter sarno was lefteeling feeling helpless. You see, as ive experienced myself firsthand, you dont get quality caret qu at the va. E you dont get fast care at the va. No, you get government care atwu the va, meaning you fill out more forms than you have conversations. You our doctors change more than you have birthdays in a year. And in the end, they just hope a you give up and leave. Why is it that the two government entities, fiscal republicans, are always so proud to throw money into, seem to be the two that are failingt. Us . The worst on this memorial day . Berhaps we remember their sacrifice by being a Country Worth serving and do join when we show up to vote in primaries to joining us noinw is that veteran sergeant joe cassano. Sergjoe , thank you so much. E talked on the phone spent m several times in the last couple of days. I knowl you spent memorial day weekend, as you should, celebrating the men that youe an you fought beside and lost. Wek but when we look back at that videvio, explain to us what the problem was. First of all, thanks for having me on. The biggest Problet Probm was, is that, you know, i felt like initially trying to to to get Services Rendered that i was i had a different doctor every time i walked in the office and and i continued to have to explain myself and then deal with real from opening, like i said, pandoras box again. And it was hard on emotionally it wasntally. It was hard on m hary wife, m you know, my marriage, my worked life, everything suffered fo r poi it. Wad at which point i finally was able to to get some Outsideo Service for for, you know,r, a number of months, just shy ofh two years. And then out of nowhere, and i Wa The Referral was canceled. And i was sos disheartened that i chose to to struggle the last three years and rely on my my personal safety net that i built and to stop reaching out to the va for helpd and for answers because i just felt continuously let down. So what youre saying is yousl. Had to go downtown to findctor a doctor. You found a doctor that was ther working, and Theefern The Referp from the va, the vroa no longer provided that are funded that for you , is that right . Yep not not only do they not only did c they decide to cancel that referral, but subsequently inside of the same month,id the the va sent me a rep on my final Behavioral Health medication. I mean. Yeah, and then they didnt m they didnt tell me they change the dosage. I spent my entire 30th birthday completely sick with vertigo. You know, so so completely unable to be able to spend time with my wife or my family comeit to find out that they had ged changed the dosage on one of the medications. Twofold. So i just got so disheartened. H i was like, not only aret they taking the person that i want to be able to talk to , but theyre trying to kill me. You have Behavioral Health. Joep i hope you dont mind. This is Mental Health is what im sorry. Thats what sry i jus. T wanti wa viewers to understand this,rs te because its so important. It is so important. Ever its Iy N Eversiy Single Headlig we have right now. Le what ywhat youre saying is proy what happened is your va anymor changed and the one that came in said , no, were not doing this anymore. Lets change it all i. They cd youre they change my mythe outs my ability to to to see outside provider and then no follow up from the va whatsoever. Soa whatsoever when i you know,i four months ago, i said to myfed wife, i said id really like to obtain services again. Obt i want to see ifain se my doctor is back on the network and know and she a part of me, menta l shes like, you know, way to e proactive in your Mental Health and run and not, you know, trying to keep those demons at bay. So i feldemonst like i did all. The right things. I stood in all the right lines. I answered all the right phone calls. Calls bui went to all the right appointments only to be only to be Let Down Ae T The and i ,u i just i dont know ifst i you know. Lette me tell you something, brother. We love you ro. Ther. We l and youre going to come out, sean , and i promise you that with or without the va, you post this st video. We just goime t a short time hed you post this video and you m show the world your mostlner vulnerable moment. Why do that . Able m and whats going to come of it . Well, as as i as i was going going through my head and i decided to go ahead and record it, i thought to myself that there was no way Somebody Wa Goin Going make me feel so, so forgotten and not not herebout i about it. With ti knewi knew that i had a platform with digital Digital Technology of the ability, p on record anything and put it ulip online with the freedom of social media, of i felt like i know that this is happening more often than its being portrayed. And i felt it. I my Responsibilitt Myy to show the world my vulnerability and the true disparity in whichr that me and a number of veterans suffer on a daily basis. Let me tell you something, joe. Ive gotten to know you. Oume t leell yot me tell you something. Joe. To sho you show courage when you join the military, show courage when you went to war, you showed more Courage Posting that video so that othersvi will see itsyo okay to ask fomer help and maybi some of the va will see its not okay to not give itoe sergeant to man. R joinin thank you for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. Love, brother. All right. W we all want to support the men and women who put puon the uniform, but itslionsf Spending Billions of dollars on an antiquated brick and mortar ve antiqua. Is that the best we can do . Conr fox newsib contributor Tulsi Gabbard is a veteran who hast th thought a lot about this. Former congresswoman. Thank you foan, thanr joining u. And i would love your thoughts on this show. You know, like like so Many Americans , i love thisened a country. Nd i enlisted to serve in the military because of thoses Terrorist Attacks on 9 11. On and im proud to continu ime to still serve our country as a soldier. The problem here is we have politicians, we have leaders ini this country who dont care about our men and women int uniform. They dont Care Aboucare at our veterans. They have used us as cannonn fodder to feed the military industrial complex. And as you know very well, we end being numbersatisti and statistics on a page, justcs part ojuf, you know, the expense of the cost of their warre bus machine and their their war business, really, which is what it is. The its a very, very profitable business for the military industrial complex. Spacyou know, for everyone watching at home, as weve justt observed, memorial day,he the best way bes to honor thoset who raise their right hand and volunteer to lay their liveseero down for this country is too demand demand from our leaders n that they never again sendr me our men and women in uniform into harms way unless it is the last resort to ensuredomf the safety, security and freedom of the American People. You know theca, you aretive of h a representative with the Democratic Party. I dont know if you and i agre e on what should happen with the e va or, you know, i take the line. I just assume get rid of it. Tior but the question here is ,mply n is simply throwing money at itgn and using it as a campaign slogan, going to make it better. And if not, what will your right i mean, its one o yf the the reasons i left reasons the Democratic Party was how they feed more money into these bureaucracies that serve themselves rather than o actually serving the interest of the people. But this is a Beparte Problemmoney at where, as you mentioned, throw money at it and say its, oh, hey, look, weve got this big victory but arent actually focusing on our veterans, getting the carebut ns they need. When i was i, n congress, wewe passed the choice act specifically to help people thev like joe. Y ifou the v, youa is failing you, you should be able to go see your local doctor , your local ph physician, your local care provider. Providand the va will take careb it. You dont have to worry abouou e it because your care is the most important thing. Thats the mission of the va. Hei bu t as you would nott be surprised, even that clear ,i simple mandate, giving veterans the choice to get the best caret possible, the va has screwed up and turned into this bureaucracy and said, you know, youve got to gove got to get Preapproval To Go Seea A Private care provider. And they rejecprt the request. And all of this bureaucracy ultimately, when it comes downts to this, they dont care. They dont care about us. We are they dont caree and and value the lives in the service and sacrifice ofsase those who wear and have worn the uniform. J we i know you care. Yes. Car former congresswoman, president ial candidate. Most importantly, soldier and veteran Tulsi Gabbard. Thank you for joining us. 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