i'm tom tarantino, the chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. i wanted to start out by thanking my fellow panelists for explaining this issue, for breaking it down for all of us, because frankly, this is really complicated stuff. forgive my lack of powerpoint. i am a soldier, not a lawyer or analyst for anything, and i'm used to doing my presentations with chalk on the side of a tank at barely half that neither, despite my request, so you will have -- i apparently have neither, despite my request, so you will have to bear with me. this is very complicated stuff. cpi, the point is that it's complicated. that is the reason they're looking to cut it. they said no one will notice the difference. no one will notice. why? it's impossible to explain. the stock as with complicated. -- this stuff is really complicated. i said, pretend you are in a bar and trying to chat someone up. boil it down to 30 seconds. it's impossible. you're talking about cutting benefits. you're talking about cutting benefits for the people who of sacrifice the most for this cou

colorado democratic governor and tom tarantino, chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veteransf america. the nationlock, face for cbs. bob schieffer talking with congressman mike rogers. and the president of "freedom thearry" president of family research council will be there. week," and "this finally "face the nation" from cbs > on c-span radio or anyone on xm, your smartphone -r online at cs- spanradio.org. >> the most striking difference is the calmness of the parade. a hundred years ago it wasn't a parade so much as a riot. the police refused to protect the marchers. as they progressed and down their planned parade route the crowds start larger and larger. there were very unruly. they started to throw things at women. they shouted things. they told to go home. -- not as that of streetcars the crowd got larger and larger and more aggressive. the women could not go forward. the police were not involved. the secretary of defense called up calvary's to push back the unruly crowds so women could continue their peaceful exercise of their first amendment right. it is a wonderful p

n i'm tom tarantino, i am the chief policy officer for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. you know, i wanted to start out by thanking my fellow panelists for explaining this issue and for kind of breaking it down for all of us because, frankly, this is really complicated stuff. and you'll or forgive my lack of powerpoint. i'm actually a soldier and not a lawyer or an analyst or anything. i'm used to doing my presentations with chalk on the side of a tank. i apparently have neither despite my questions. [laughter] so you'll just have to bear with me. you know, this is, this is really complicated stuff, and it's very confusing stuff. cpie, cpiw, it makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it, right? [laughter] and i do this for a living, and it's taken me a couple of months as i've looked into this issue. and the point is, is that it's complicatedded, and that's the reason they're looking to cut it. because dean said it, he said no one will notice the difference. no one will notice. why? because it's impossible to explain simply. the average american isn't going to pay attent