Eric Shinseki: “I ask the Committee, and the rest of Congress, to help us by resolving this fiscal impasse now.”

No one who has served this Nation should ever find themselves living without care and without hope.

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.

This is not a once and done, or whenever we have a crisis, we do. This is an ongoing set of looks at ourselves.

The President's vision reflected in these requests is about empowering veterans to help lead the rebuilding of the middle class.