Jon Runyan: “I think we all admit there is a problem, and the faster we get to the bottom of it, the more veterans we are going to be…”

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…

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.

Any impediments to veterans who might show clear and irrefutable evidence that they should be granted benefits, should be considered.

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