host: bill rausch?st: i will speak on the house of iraq and afghanistan veterans , our members, but i will also speak up on a personal perspective. i spent 17 months in iraq. i feel very fortunate and blessed that i have been welcome to thiswelcomes back country in a way i know many of my predecessors have not. just yesterday we noted veteran -- we met a veteran who talked about the challenges he had when he came back from vietnam. he came back to ohio, a small town where members of the local , other vietnam aterans talked about other -- very different experience to what i had. i feel like the post-9/11 generation has benefited from the vietnam veterans, especially their work and the trailblazing they did which i believe created this sea of goodwill we benefit from today. there are certainly challenges in congress. we talked about funding packages just a moment ago. fully funding the v.a. has been a challenge. havey and large most folks been very supportive of the post-9/11 veterans. from my perspective

countries, including pakistan, russia, israel, china, japan, turkey, morocco and saudi arabia your bill rausch is the political director at iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. as political director bill supports the development of their annual policy agenda and advocacy campaigns through trust relationships with veteran service organizations and government agencies. bill is a former army major who served 17 months in iraq, it has broad experience working with veterans and veterans issues from his work on several major political campaigns to serving as team red, white and blue chapter captain for his local community in alexandria, virginia. bill has appeared on "nbc nightly news," c-span's "washington journal," and msnbc's coverage of memorial day 2015. class with major general mark graham, he is the senior director at rutgers national call center and director of vets4warriors. general graham has lost two sons to two different battles. one to suicide and other to an ied in iraq. he currently heads the rutgers u. the agency call center and is the director of vets4warriors which provide vet

bill rausch, let's talk about action in the senate yesterday. they approved and $80 billion spending bill for veterans programs and military construction projects. what can you highlight from this legislation that serve veterans? guest: yesterday was a busy day on the hill. there are a few things that we want to highlight. we are talking a lot about veterans issues, but a lot of these issues also apply to the men and women in uniform. one of the things that we are very pleased to see some of congress was -- and the budget deal, specifically -- some relief from sequestration. we think that is significant because what we have seen on the dod side, because of these , individuals are being forced out. they have people saying, thanks service, it is time -- [indiscernible] he is been championing these issues for the community, he is continuing to work for military basis, and a daily he also has a package that he will be putting forward in the near future that we think is encouraging. host: let's go to mike in white plains, pennsylvania, a democrat. you

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