Jon Runyan: “You don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul, or fix one problem by creating another.”

However, we can't simply apply the principle of one-size-fits-all approach to the claims.

We have got to remember that these numbers represent real veterans, real people, and so let us look at that from that standpoint.

There is no doubt about it, if there was not a veteran, there would not be a VA.

I thank the gentleman for his comments on that. And I will just tell the committee that I have had many conversations with the Air Force about this exact issue, and to be able to take a capability away from what we can do in our global…