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Senator Gravel, you served in the military during the Korean War. Have you had any experiences with the Veterans Affairs Department as a veteran yourself?
MR. GRAVEL: Very much. I get my meds from the VA, so I know the situation quite well.
MR. BLITZER: So you're satisfied or unsatisfied?
MR. GRAVEL: I'm satisfied, very much so, and I think they do a good job. But I think it's really somewhat appalling because the government has always, always waged war against the veterans. And I would suggest that Senator Obama, who's on the committee, did they do any -- any oversight work to find out, before they read in The Washington Post that there was a scandal up the street at Walter Reed?
MR. BLITZER: All right.
MR. GRAVEL: I mean, what about that?
MR. BLITZER: What about that --
MR. GRAVEL: Did they all get informed of that, or did you know it before?
SEN. OBAMA: The -- actually, we have done a lot of oversight trying to consistently force this administration to put money into the system that it has refused.
MR. GRAVEL: But did you know about it ahead of time?
SEN. OBAMA: Let -- let -- let -- let -- let me -- let me finish, Mike.