Eric Shinseki

In this year's budget, if we were to look back to 2009 and come forward through our budgets, women veterans' programs have been increased by 134 percent.

I would just say, and here again, it is consistent with what the President has done elsewhere, and that is the desire to protect the vulnerable populations.

Too many veterans wait too long to receive benefits they deserve. We know this is unacceptable...

It is okay to say, 'I have a mental health problem.'

One suicide by a veteran is a tragedy, and it is one too many.

that downward spiral towards joblessness, depression and substance abuse that often leads to homelessness and, sometimes, to suicide.

I would tell you... this has my highest priority. And I am going to drive this hard.

Regardless, we all failed Sergeant Gutierrez. We have just got to come up with a better solution here.

Of course, the willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, according to George Washington, no matter how justified, is directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and…

I think anyone who has been through that experience will come back with what I would call PTS, post-traumatic stress.

We cannot do healthcare without adequate IT, and we are on the cutting edge, and we want to remain there.

The President once again firmly demonstrates his respect and sense of obligation for our Nation's 22 million veterans.