to discuss all this, we're joined by sonja batten. a senior mental health offical at the v.a. welcome to you. >> thank you. >> brown: the criticism you faced is that the v.a. has been underprepared and not responsive enough given here is numbers. is that fair? >> in v.a., we take the issue of access to mental health care very seriously and we've been instituting a number of measures to make sure that we're identifying where there may be gaps in care. and so we want to make sure that as we do our site visits to every v.a. medical center around the country we identify where there may be gaps, problems with staffing. and that's why secretary shinseki today announced and we're so delighted that we're going to be adding 1,600 new clinicians so we can provide the care we need. >> pelley: well "may be gaps." sounds like critics see gaps. the judge i mentioned in this case, that was a very strong report, he said "the v.a.'s unchecked incompetence has gone on long enough, no more veterans should be compelled to agonize or perish while the government fails to perform its obligation." to