ms v.a. >> i appreciate the gains made in the focus and attention. the right track. we can learn from these experiences. this has been a good hearing. i really appreciate the scrutiny. i do think there is a gap. seems to be disconnect between what is actually available to them and what they perceive to be available to them. let's try to fix that. >> i just want to follow-up. when did the military sexual trauma coordinators be placed at every v.a. in the country? >> 2000. >> there is been a military nader in the core united states since then? is that person busy? in the united states since then? is that person busy? >> yes. educating staff. >> do they meet with trauma survivors? >> as part of their clinical work, yes. they do provide treatment. the core donators are predominantly a sky colleges -- a psychologist or social worker. they will be giving therapy as well as looking and monitoring their screening treatment rates. make a formalo request afterward to get data on all the military sexual trauma core donators and how many patients they see a year and what their w

ms. my wife and i called and tried to sign up and wecan can't sign up because we don't make enough money, i get a pension from the v.a. that is all we have and she does not make any money because she has to take care of me. i am trying to survive i am 100% disabled, homebound. i have to have attendeds because i cannot walk. i have to use a walker to get to the bathroom. i can't drive or do anything anymore. i have trouble speaking, as you can tell. we called and talked to them and they basically told us that there was not anything they could do for us. they said our state has not approved the medicare or medicaid or whatever it is. it is just a frustrating thing for us and it is lots of people like us and all of us are just stuck with nothing that we can do. i'm just waiting. i hope and pray that our local politicians will pass a law or something so that we can get my wife medicaid or medicare or whatever to be able to cover her. host: a story in the detroit free press talking about the status of gay marriages in that state. 300 couples will face a longer way to whether they will learn whether their valves will be le