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

To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.

When Secretary Shinseki came in, one of the first things he directed as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is directing us to build a full inpatient medical facility.

I do not think any veteran, whatever the condition, should have to wait that long in any of our facilities, whether it is an emergency room or a clinic.

We have all learned a considerable amount in dealing with the issue of military sexual trauma: serious, sensitive, greatly under-reported.