Jon Runyan: “We owe it to our veterans and their families to get it right the first time, every time.”

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

The men and women that we are discussing today fought on behalf of our Nation and they should receive the same benefit of the doubt that U.S. servicemembers receive when they are asking for benefits that they earned.

You don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul, or fix one problem by creating another.

Continued claims of 'misunderstanding' are simply not believable--even if they were, it would show such a level of gross incompetence that disciplinary action would be necessary.