we're talked -- with todd harrison. one thing i want to ask you about is some news that came out yesterday of the pentagon looking to close 21 facilities in europe. here's the story about it. it's a move the department said would save some $60 million annually. the hill notes that the closure is comprised mostly of recreational and housing facilities at u.s. and nato bases across europe, such as a hotel, golf course. part of a previously announced effort, in light of the u.s. attempts to assure european of russian's nnex yation of the crimea. guest: those restrictions apply to the u.s. they do not apply to foreign bases. and so d.o.d. can do a lot on its own to close bases in europe and other places around the world. they actually have. if you look back over the past deak cade, we've closed a lot of facilities in europe, so they're continuing to do more of that and get more efficient, and if they want to close skeet shooting ranges and golf courses, by all means, i think we should. but the problem is we can't close thos

we're talked -- with todd harrison. one thing i want to ask you about is some news that came out yesterday of the pentagon looking to close 21 facilities in europe. here's the story about it. it's a move the department said would save some $60 million annually. the hill notes that the closure is comprised mostly of recreational and housing facilities at u.s. and nato bases across europe, such as a hotel, golf course. part of a previously announced effort, in light of the u.s. attempts to assure european of russian's nnex yation of the crimea. guest: those restrictions apply to the u.s. they do not apply to foreign bases. and so d.o.d. can do a lot on its own to close bases in europe and other places around the world. they actually have. if you look back over the past deak cade, we've closed a lot of facilities in europe, so they're continuing to do more of that and get more efficient, and if they want to close skeet shooting ranges and golf courses, by all means, i think we should. but the problem is we can't close thos

one thing that i have talked about with todd harrison -- he tends to be a good person to talk to with budgetary stuff. that the v.a. budget has grown over the past several years. there is a chart that goes up in the past 10 or so years. there are a lot of veterans compensations. those funds have gone up. it could be a matter of funding, but it is a matter of using funding well. throwing more money at a system that does not work does not fix anything. neither does taking out the official at the top of the system. these issues are systemic. that is what the report found out. they are across the country. >> peter baker discusses president obama's foreign and defense policy goals. the second rector of the treatment advocacy center talks about the recent calls for the overhaul of the nation's medical system in the wake of last week in california shooting spree. climate change initiative which and he would miss ration is set to talk about on monday. you could join the conversation on facebook or twitter. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. about an hour and a half ago, pre

on washington journal, we will hear from todd harrison. he will talk about the major features of the house version of the national ends authorization act. e.g. malaria will review these mulero willugene review the state of u.s. bridges. and we will discuss hunting and fishing rights will stop we will look for your calls. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. on seas and. -- c-span. >> i focus on stopping waste and catch people who have done in the past. is 50%, 30%, 20%. we are spending a lot of money that could be better spent trying to find and identify the problem. >> if i ask, have the american people gotten their money's worth? st.o, definitely not will there have been good things done and we have a lot of hard-working evil will stop the department as either -- hard-working people. a lot of people have devoted their lives and energy over there. have we gotten the biggest bang for our buck? no. that is what we find all the time. for planning and poor execution. >> john sopko on his role as inspector general. sunday night at 8:00 p.m.

one thing that i have talked about with todd harrison -- he tends to be a good person to talk to with budgetary stuff. that the v.a. budget has grown over the past several years. there is a chart that goes up in the past 10 or so years. there are a lot of veterans compensations. those funds have gone up. it could be a matter of funding, but it is a matter of using funding well. throwing more money at a system that does not work does not fix anything. neither does taking out the official at the top of the system. these issues are systemic. that is what the report found out. they are across the country. there is a lot more to it than just more funding. i think that is too simple an answer. host: use of that term systemic from the report -- members have been using that in their statement of concern about the v.a. and their comments this week. you keep hearing systemic. one question for leigh munsil -- one caller had this question. is there any data on veterans complaints? particularly in arizona facility? is there any data tracking over the years for not getting appointments on time? she