host: steve gonzales. guest: first, thank you for your sacrifices to this country and to answer the first question, the treatment, if they're not receiving the treatment that needs to be done, that they actually need through the v.a., what you can do you is go to your local legion post, and every legion post has what we call a department service officer who can actually help your son or any veteran for that matter, regardless of whether you're a legion member or not, to assist you for create that package, but also, to ensure that veteran -- they are an advocate on their behalf and ensure that your son or any veteran for that matter can get the right treatment as necessary, that they actually need through the v.a. and these are some of the avenues that you can actually take to help your son, and like i said, any veteran who needs assistance, navigating through the bureaucracy of the v.a. to ensure they are able to access that treatment that they need post transition in the military. the second part to your

steve gonzales from the american legion talks about jobs programs for veterans. and eric trader from the washington institute discusses the latest developments in libya and egypt. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> when i first came to washington, did not know what an ig did. i was doing mortgage fraud cases. i started a mortgage unit and i was dealing with hud. i did not really know the big picture of what an ig was doing could the first thing i did was .eet the different ig's although they are supposed to be these fears watchdogs looking out for waste, fraud and abuse -- those are the magic words written into theirs to to to agee in their statutes -- they had really become like any other governmental agency. how to preserve their budget, worried about clashing with management, worried about too much interaction with congress. it was really a goal long/along attitude. there were three different types of inspector general's. a lack of management and that was discouraged. a watchdog, which is in between. and a junkyard dog ultimatel

then a look at jobs and veterans with steve gonzales with the american legion. he is going to talk about job programs available for veterans. at 9:15, we will talk about the latest developments in anti- american sentiment in egypt and libya. we start at 7:00 with a look at the papers and your phone calls on "washington journal" 7:00 tomorrow. we will see you then. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> see the thirst of the presidential debates wednesday, october 3 -- the first of the president of debate wednesday, october 3. next, we look at the environmental policies of u.s. policies followed by a look at the supreme court's upcoming 2013 term and a look at the supreme court's latest term from 2011 and 2012. then hate crimes and domestic extremism. >> when i first came down to washington, i did not know what an i.g. did. we will occasionally run into their law enforcement arm. i started a mortgage fraud unit and i was dealing with the inspector general from h.u.d. i did not know the b