Veterans Affairs committee  The answer is yes, but with eyes open. As a matter of fact, my oldest boy is all excited, because next week I'm taking him, at the age of 16, to join the reserves, where at least he has an easy out. However, my boy's eyes are fully open, and he doesn't have tons of childhood trau

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct.

Veterans Affairs committee  I do not know.

Veterans Affairs committee  Is Veterans Affairs aware of these ones? I do not know. It depends.... He would have told them, and it would be in the notes, so the answer to that question is that it will almost certainly be in the notes.

Veterans Affairs committee  I have.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. That was the core of his concern, because somehow—and I don't know the exact verbiage—in the original conversation where he was offered MAID, she said, “We've done it before. That's why I know I can do it for you. We did it before, and we are now supporting the surviving wif

Veterans Affairs committee  He said that in the recording. Yes. That's what he was asking the VAC manager about. Of course, she said there was confidentiality and she couldn't discuss it. She didn't deny it. She didn't say, “I don't know what the hell you're talking about”. She said, “I can't talk about th

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes. He was clear about that.

Veterans Affairs committee  In my mind, she did. Yes. She said it was inappropriate and it shouldn't have happened.

Veterans Affairs committee  No. That was in a private conversation that he had with me, when he extrapolated more on the interaction.

Veterans Affairs committee  I didn't hear the apology. It was a week later, which he did comment on. He said, “It's been a week. It's kind of an emergency.” He was told, “Well, I got to you when I could.”

Veterans Affairs committee  Given the gravity of what it did.... I've had phone calls from around the world over this. People ask me, “Is this true?” People who know me and trust me ask, “Is this true? Did this actually happen?” Yes, it's true. It actually happened.

Veterans Affairs committee  I'm tremendously happy that he reached out to you. I gave him your number. I didn't know if he would or not. He's gone dark on me. I haven't had correspondence in over a week.

Veterans Affairs committee  First, there are three who served who are here as witnesses.

Veterans Affairs committee  The credit for that goes to the veteran. He went to Mercedes Stephenson personally, and I can say that the Global News report was done very well. I was actually quite surprised. I didn't expect it to be accurate, but it was.