and one of the recommendations is to set up the semiautonomous arm like a dva that says get it out of the political arena. get it so you can have very competent people. take a very professional avenue. what is in the best interest of the united states in solving this problem. and so that was certainly one of the recommendations. but right now, you know, it's up to congress to weigh these considerations and to decide. but that is one of the clear recommendations of the blue ribbon commission. >> in the meantime, we are struggling with this reality. it was not that long ago that others in the arena where i serve, where the government was located, we all supported this -- this should go forward to a logical location. lo and behold the next time you locate a facility, please don't locate it next -- somewhere near the district because the problems there will be endless as well. so between here and there, i would hope that your policy people would work very closely with us to try to have us together hand in hand and have an independent commission or otherwise not just work effectively but g

analysis on the situation in spain with patrick young executive director of the press one advisory firm dva advisors are good to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today are people in spain out on the streets again it's something we've seen many times in greece and i hate to sound like all doom and gloom here is a possible that a spain could now be the next country to succumb to the eurozone contagion. well my goodness i mean this treaty is the devil's alternative because nobody wants to see people unemployed nobody wants twenty three percent of the workers on employed fifty percent of the youth unemployment that's a catastrophe and we really sympathize with the spaniards but ultimately the prime minister mr rajoy is left with his back absolutely up against the wall he has no movement whatsoever because he knows that yes absolutely spin could be the next domino to fall in europe of the us school of twenty twelve it is right up against the property market has collapsed the whole economy became basically one big property bubble in the past decade due to low interest rates and abides lending wi

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second, i want to complement director voltmann at dva. i spent a day in georgia last week. he serves a third of the state, 51 counties pivoted and he is trying to partner with the general, the commander of the air force base to merge the clinics in georgia with the base of dod healthcare to utilize the facilities having all of the imaging equipment and everything on the active duty days to not have to have redundant costing an the other clinics which i think is a great idea to make better health care available, but also at a lower cost of the veterans administration and the taxpayers. i want to bring those pieces of good news to your attention. thank you for when you do and for being here. >> thank you. senator boozman. >> thank you, madame chair. and again, i want to thank the secretary for being here, and the team has assembled for your hard work. senator brown mentioned that, you know, there's a lot of individuals in the va that are there because they want to be and could have other opportunities and certainly you are in that category. and, you know, you've let the soldi

i also look forward to learning more today about dva involvement with the president's proposed veteran'sob score anyway that we can get our veterans both employed and more involved in bettering our community is a program worthy of investment. as everyone on this committee knows, with the end of the war mechem iraq and the upcoming with all of the troops in afghanistan, the of the budget challenges will only continue through the va. last year the committee held a hearing to explode the long-term cost of war and what is 100% clear is we have an obligation of will continue long after the fighting is over. today as we've reviewed the budget fulfiling the nation's obligation to the veterans not only today but throughout the course of their lives, must be our most pressing consideration. now that we see that as a longtime member of the senate budget committee and someone who has seen just how difficult this year's budget is for many other agencies when this budget are right on my desk i was very encouraged. given the current fiscal environment the va has done a good job putting together a budg