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so secretary shinseki and the v.a. going to stay on this and we will continue to make it easier for veterans with post-traumatic stress to qualify for v.a. benefits regardless of the war that you served in. if you served in a combat theater, and a v.a. doctor confirms a diagnosis of ptsd, that's enough. which brings me to the final area where america must meet its obligations to our veterans. this is a place where we need each other. that's the task of renewing our nation's economic strength. after a decade of war, it's time to focus on nation building here at home. our veterans, especially our 9/11 veterans, have the skills and the dedication to help lead the way. that's why we're funding the post-9/11 g.i. bill which is now helping more than 500,000 veterans and family members go to college, get their degrees and play their part in moving america forward. it's why this fall we'll start including vocational training and apprenticeships as well so veterans can develop the skills to succeed in today's economy. that's wh

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in fact, secretary shinseki has declared that va will eliminate homelessness, or end homelessness, and so there has been a 5-year plan in place to end homelessness among veterans, which includes a comprehensive constellation of programs and services for individuals that are homeless. to address homelessness, though, it's not just a matter, of course, of providing housing. that is one important aspect to make sure the individuals are in comfortable, secure surroundings. but it's also critical to address the mental health problems that a lot of homeless individuals have, as you noted. and so we have, in va, a variety of programs that address both aspects and oftentimes very much together, where we have residential treatment programs that specialize in providing individuals with that secure and safe surrounding, while they're initially receiving intensive care that they may need. and then following that, there is a range of additional services for homeless individuals so that they can get their lives back. and that doesn't only include shelter and emotional health; it's an important part,

so secretary shinseki and the va are going to stay on this. and we'll continue to make it easier for veterans with post- traumatic stress to qualify for va benefits, regardless of the war that you served in. if you served in a combat theater and a va doctor confirms a diagnosis of ptsd, that's enough. which brings me to the final area where america must meet its obligations to our veterans, and this is a place where we need each other -- and that's the task of renewing our nation's economic strength. after a decade of war, it's time to focus on nation building here at home. and our veterans, especially our 9/11 veterans, have the skills and the dedication to help lead the way. that's why we're funding the post-9/11 g.i. bill, which is now helping more than 500,000 veterans and family members go to college, get their degrees, and play their part in moving america forward. (applause.) it's why, this fall, we'll start including vocational training and apprenticeships as well, so veterans can develop the skills to succeed in today's economy. and t

secretary, rick shinseki -- eric shinseki, is working to build this program.any veterans are already submitting claims electronically. hundreds are order requesting that of its online thanks to the new blue button on the v.a. website. you can now share your personal health information with your doctors outside of the v.a. and we are making progress in sharing medical records between dot and v.a. -- dod and v.a. we are not there yet we will stay at it and tell our troops have a medical record a letter from ackley that you can keep for your life. -- electronically that you can keep for your life. [applause] of course, we still have work to do. we have to break the backlog of disability claims. i know that over the past year, backlog has actually grown due to the new planes from agent orange. but let me say this -- the new claims from agent orange. youlet me say becausof this, wn have to fight to get the benefits that you have already earned, that is unacceptable. [applause] we will keep hiring new claims processors and we will keep investing in new paperless sys

but after that shinseki was able to go back to his native country. where he served in the central bank as deputy governor. and later became the minister of finance, and overseen very remarkable transformation, all that country, to the stage where today in africa we pride ourselves of being one of the most robust economic models in africa. and, of course, donald was very much the architect of our economic transformation. he is now or since 2005 the president of the african development bank. he started at the university which is my, modern. took his degree in economics from there. and later went to glasgow in scotland where he obtained his doctorate in economics. so you can understand that we do have a form of -- form of the panel before you, and that we will have a very lively conversation. so let me begin by asking both of them a very general question. over the last 40 years, rebeca and donald, we have seen within the global society a number of commissions, looking at north-south relations, looking at how we can build a more just and more humane glob