these are artists like linda perry, christina aguilera, pink, and pat benatar even did a song. it is great to see we are getting this recognition and people are coming to the aid of women who served. host: we have a lot to talk about with jaspen boothe, founder and president of final salute. two phone lines in this segment. we want to hear from female veterans in particular. your number is (202) 748-8000. everyone else, (202) 748-8001. how about your story, jaspen boothe? you are a former homeless person. tell us your story and what your circumstances were like. guest: sure. in 2005, i was lieutenant in the army reserves. shortly after arriving in new orleans i was notified i would be deployed to iraq. i never made it because of significant events. i lost everything in hurricane katrina in 2005 and received a cancer diagnosis that september, which left me homeless and jobless. my cancer is in remission, i was 2-14, discharged the next day and out on the streets. when i went to the v.a. i was told there was no supportive housing services for women veterans the children. i was a

. ♪ heartbreaker >> pat benatar is hot. really hot. and very sexy. ♪ we are young ♪ heartache to heartache we stand ♪ ♪ no promises no demands >> it appears to me that the one on stage is what i would picture a modern woman to be, someone who is aggressive and soft at the same time, has a lot of strength and conviction and can look good and still have brains. >> you would think that in the era of music becoming a visual form more than ever that it would all be about objectification. but there were a lot of strong women on that video screen. ♪ >> meet the darlings of l.a.'s new music scene, the go-gos. ♪ walking down the street unlike earlier girl groups such as the ronettes or the supremes, the go-goes write their own songs and play their own instruments. ♪ they got the beat ♪ they got the beat, they got the beat ♪ ♪ yeah, they got the beat >> that was as punk rock as it got for me, to see girls up there, you know, not just singing backup or not just standing in some cool outfit in front of a band. like they were the band. ♪ >> while t

these are artists like linda perry, christina aguilera, pink, and pat benatar even did a song. it is great to see we are getting this recognition and people are coming to the aid of women who served. host: we have a lot to talk about with jaspen boothe, founder and president of final salute. two phone lines in this segment. we want to hear from female veterans in particular. your number is (202) 748-8000. everyone else, (202) 748-8001. how about your story, jaspen boothe? you are a former homeless person. tell us your story and what your circumstances were like. guest: sure. in 2005, i was lieutenant in the army reserves. shortly after arriving in new orleans i was notified i would be deployed to iraq. i never made it because of significant events. i lost everything in hurricane katrina in 2005 and received a cancer diagnosis that september, which left me homeless and jobless. my cancer is in remission, i was 2-14, discharged the next day and out on the streets. when i went to the v.a. i was told there was no supportive housing services for women veterans the children. i was a