severely injured an explosive was planted in the car part of a bridge crossing in the central never shinseki districts. greece is bracing itself for more street clashes the head of a crucial vote in germany is expel out it could see the eurozone rescue package increase full fall the hoff of greece's debt written off. sends in more troops to reinforce a contested border crossing between breakaway casa very often fresh fallen steel rails talks between the two sides russia's foreign ministry wants peacekeeping forces from a new.

secretary solis as part of the homeless council, and so is secretary shinseki. and one of the biggest things they said as they said insiders will try to eliminate homelessness. we are doing that. we are working on it as hard as we can. within deal well with certain programs especially in the veterans program. we have homeless veterans reintegration programs are pretty successful programs, ladies and gentlemen, i've got to take it bringing in veterans to a certain site, helping them, not what do with the fact that the unemployed and there on the street, but the first you, the first thing we got to do is we've got to get rid of those quote unquote demons. and let me tell you, i will use chris for a second. i'm sure that when he first went in -- >> i'm the demon. [laughter] >> the point being is, when he first transitioned in, coming from such a hard life that happened to him, those first few months, correct me if i'm wrong, were a little tough to kind of get over. >> a little. >> he still the same way, he hasn't changed. >> the fact of the matter is you have to be

prepare -- okay you are now a single moderator and this is a great weight on your shoulders and ten shinseki is kind of small compared to what you are going through as moderator. how do you wall yourself off and figure out what it is you're going to ask the media foreign policy to become a domestic, the media town hall which is a different format, with how do you sit there and say what are the questions the people in the united states need to hear about? that sought to do to the >> guest: you've got it, that's what it's all about, and unfortunately, working with my colleagues in the news hour who are terrific professionals, i always begin with them and say okay help me out here, give me some suggestions, etc., etc. and i do an awful lot of reading and all that stuff, and then about -- it can depend on the timing that there comes a time when i don't talk to anybody else i have no more conversations with anybody. >> host: except your wife. >> guest: at the end because knowledge is everything and i don't want anybody on our staff to have to lie. to save you think that he's going to ask a questi

joined here by leaders from across my administration including secretary of veterans affairs, rick shinsekiof the marine corps general james amos. we're honored to welcome dakota's father, mike. his extraordinary grandparents, and more than 120 of dakota's family and friends. many from his home state of kentucky. i want to welcome dakota's comrades from the marine embedded training team. and we are humbled by the presence of the medal of honor society. i realize the past two years have not been easy for you. retelling the story of that day and standing here today. you're a very modest young man. as you said, you do it for a simple reason. retelling the story. because it helps you to honor those who didn't come home. to remind your fellow americans that our men and women in uniform are over there, fighting every single day. so that is how we'll do this today. it is fitting that we do so this week, having just marked the tenth anniversary of the attacks that took our nation to war. because in sergeant dakota meyer, we see the best of a generation that has served with distinction through a dec

has asked for every bit of the way -- as i tell my friends in the va, and when you see secretary shinsekie will also be the harshest critics. if there is waste in the va, we will find it. if there are inefficiencies, you will find it. if there are better ways to serve our veterans, we will find it. this idea of false choices, coming and lay in and talking about -- we need to increase copays for veterans health care and try care -- the thing i say about that is that at copay was made at the reservoir, the jungles of southeast asia, paid in iraq and afghanistan. [applause] before you come in front of this group or send your member to congress, you had better have closed every tax loophole on mortgage interest deduction on yachts and cut every redounded, a useless program before you asked those same people who paid and made sacrifices to make it again. [applause] as the greatest nation the world has ever seen, to tell our veterans we don't have the financial stability to help them with their health care, or to tell our veterans who are going to have to ask them to increase the copay or wait

but it will also say to you on behalf of secretary shinseki who expenses one greetings to you all, we lot on the health side as well. we extend the access which is one of our key initiatives across the board to all of our veterans and ways we've never done before. we are moving away from a centric model that has said medical centers into getting further forward into the environments where our veterans live and where their families are. the number of the boxers stood up over the last two years is in excess of 90. to working with our medical centers, where we are extending our reach by creating satellite environments, they'd be expanded, expanded capabilities we are demonstrating and i now see seeing the rich benefits of that and the ease at which that releases burdens for our veterans to have to drive to limited appointments and limited spaces and sometimes on distances for those appointments. and the same way, we are in the benefit side, making roadster access environments. if you have not heard it he benefits yet and i get nothing else into your ear and into your psyche and into your

. >> here's a speech by veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki the result address the american legion convention. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. great, generous welcome. thank you for that kind introduction. for your own service to the nation and for your leadership of the american legion. let me acknowledge to members of congress with whom i've worked very closely, and who have been most supportive of veterans, of va and at this secretary. they both served in the house veterans affairs committee, and first is representative tim walz of minnesota, a guardsman. and the second is committee chairman jeff miller of florida whose leadership has been crucial and will continue to be crucial to va and its mission of serving veterans. so mr. chairman, congressman walz, good to see both of you again. thanks for your leadership and support. my greetings also the former chairman chet edwards for well-deserved recognition by all of you for his many years of service to veterans. at me also acknowledge members of the legions leadership, peter with whom i worked most frequently in washington. carlen

wednesday veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki talk about the administration's plans to give veterans floyd, improve health care and clear out the backlog of claims. the secretary's remarks at the american legion convention in minneapolis ran about 20 minutes. ♪ ♪ >> thank you very much. a generous welcome. thank you for that kind introduction, for your own service to the nation and your leadership of the american legion. let me acknowledge two members of congress with whom i work very closely and who have been most supportive of veterans, of the va and his secretary. they both served in the house veterans' affairs committee. first is representative tim walsh of minnesota, guardsmen, and committee chairman jeff miller of florida whose leadership has been crucial and will continue to be crucial to the va and its mission of serving veterans. mr. chairman, congressman, good to see both of you again. thanks for your leadership and support. my greetings offers -- also two former chairman chet edwards 4 well-deserved recognition by all of you for its many years of service to veterans. let m