We now face the prospect of a stunning eighth nominee for Veterans Affairs since 9/11, it's been an unprecedented time of chaos, political agendas and uncertainty. And millions of veterans and Veterans Affairs families have paid the price.

Paul Rieckhoff

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What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues, and most of all the political issues, because the political failure in Iraq right now is almost worse than the military failure. And the two are intertwined.

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I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy get... by Paul Rieckhoff

I get excited when fantasy football season's coming. This guy gets excited when war season's coming.

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I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our l... by Paul Rieckhoff

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

That is not a winning argument -- or factually correct. by Paul Rieckhoff

That is not a winning argument -- or factually correct.

For far too long he was apologizing for the VA. He was refusing to acknowledge the severity. He was positioning it as a smaller issue than it was while veterans were dying waiting for care.

Persecuting him over this mistake will do little to help our veterans and service members, i am confident that in years ahead, Brian will continue to dedicate himself to our vets — as he always has — and inspire others to do the same.

Veterans are very often stereotyped into two stock characters: the crying wounded or the guy who jumps the White House fence to get to the President, don't treat us like victims.

We feel like (McDonald) is different because he's actually taken the time to meet veterans and ask them what they need, but there has to be much more. Everyone in this country -- beyond us, beyond veterans -- must make sure that the people who can fix the VA stick to their promises and make it happen.