illinois,icia, independent line. caller: good morning. and ie is patricia conduct the desert storm think tank, and all veterans advocate. i have been a veteran advocate for in excess of 20 years. i can assure you it certainly is like jumping off a cliff for the families of returning veterans. the wives and husbands of returning veterans oftentimes soe a nightmare scenario their loved one -- as their loved one that tends to reintegrate back into society. i can assure you sadly that the va is still dramatically under funded that indeed funds are not available sufficiently to help veterans. when i hear discussions of thousands upon thousands of disconnected disability claims that are in limbo, like nashiri that they are there because in fact there is -- i can assure you that there is no money available. [inaudible] it is time the soldier is a valued at least as much as the equipment in the military. host: thank you. that is a huge problem with the backlog of claims. i get to go to a lot of meetings and see how the va is addressing that and t