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 the changes they're trying to affect in order to address that, but it is a problem we're going to have for a while because of the lack of resources. essentially, a lot because of the sequester. the sequester is a big stumbling block not only with our veterans, but military families with the cuts that are coming around for programs that those families need and veterans need to recover. host: organization is the national military family association. kathleen moakler is a director for the organization. thank you. host: coming up, we're going to take a look at what veterans face after they leave service and go into the job market. we will spend our last h