Numbers but not being very successful.

And yes' the Repiboicans just blocked a bill tha would have helped veterans.

I hate when people post anti Obama thing on my face book..

Eliminating military jobs in VA probably necessary, and many such jobs NOT necessary. Can't blame folks for freaking out. Don't know what to tell you except, but here's list of Senators who voted down the bill: http://www.politicususa.com/meet-40-senate-republicans-betrayed-veterans-killing-1-billion-jobs.html

http://buwashingtonnews.com/2012/09/15/report-sequestration-would-mean-2-billion-hit-to-navy-shipbuilding/

In turn, the Obama administration directed some harsh words at in the introduction to Friday’s report.
Emphasizing that the administration did not support sequestration cuts, which it described as “deeply destructive to national security, domestic investments, and core government functions,” the report called on Congress to “act responsibly.” Without directly mentioning names, it also took a swipe at congressional Republicans for favoring alternatives to sequestration that relied entirely on spending cuts without also considering increases in government revenues.

sabre rattling with both parties playing chicken.

I'll put this all together and answer him somehow, LOL I would delete him but I would rather fight back

we are about to go over, deep cuts in the military being made automatically if Congress hadn't done its job. The Clown Congress couldn't be arsed to address any of this stuff, even piecemeal, they're too busy renaming post offices and grandstanding on abortion for the morons.

So I did a google, and wound up on Wikipedia.

Wiki says that under George W. Bush (I'm not sure I can quite recall who that was) "the fleet dropped to a total number of ships that was smaller than any time since 1917."

I just did a quick skim of the part of the Wiki article that talks about commissioned ships and I added up to at least 150, and I probably missed a lot of numbers. I have no idea how many ships we had in 1911, and maybe it was a greater number, but it's safe to say that not a single one was an aircraft carrier, of which we currently have 13 and at least one more planned. Oh, and in 1911 I don't think we had any submarines, of which we have 73 under commission, others in reserve and more planned.

Oh, here we are. I just checked the Wiki article about the history of the U.S. Navy, and here's a little tidbit: "In March 2007, the U.S. Navy reached its smallest fleet size, with 274 ships, since World War I. However, the comparison is misleading since modern ships are larger and carry more firepower than those of 100 years ago and shipbuilding has recovered under Obama." 2007, 2007, I have trouble remembering who was President that year.

This guy is somewhat confused about what's going on. The VA Hospital cuts, I believe can be directly laid at the foot of Republicans in Congress who will do anything, including fucking over our service men and women, to keep Obama from being re-elected.

Are you trying to change his mind? Because I can tell you that isn't going to happen. Just make him promise you something ... if Romney gets elected and doesn't decrease the deficit AND fulfill our obligation to our veterans AND decrease unemployment AND improve wages by the next election, he's got to vote Democratic in 2016.

I just hate to leave a bad post about Obama on my page...Thanks for suggestion

page? Good for you for taking this on.

I try never to leave a negative Obama post anywhere.. most of everything written about him on facebook are lies. I can't stand to see some of the crap people write and uninformed voters read and believe...I try to make sure that what I answer with is accurate so I don't look like a dumb a*s like most of them do...

His 2010 budget proposed and won passage of the largest increase for the VA in 30 years. Here are a few links that may be helpful: