Transforming the Department of Veterans Affairs

President Obama spoke Monday on the investments and transformations that will be made at the Department of Veterans Affairs. His speech marked the 20th anniversary of the Department of Veterans Affairs becoming a cabinet-level agency. Some highlights of the President's remarks;

Over the next five years, the budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs will increase by over $25 billion. These funds will be used to expand the VA health care program so that in can serve an additional 500,000 veterans by 2013; to implement a GI Bill for the 21st century; to provide better health care; and to dramatically improve services related to mental health and injuries like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury. The funds will also be used for technology that will ease the transition from active duty to home for our nation's service members.

For the entire Administration, the 20th anniversary of the Department of Veterans Affairs is a reminder of our debt of honor to the men of women who have fought to defend our freedom and for all involved it is an honor to undergo the work of transforming the Department for the 21st century.

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