For Our Veterans | Jeb Bush

If we are going to be serious as a leader in the world, we have to have the finest best-trained,

doesn't sound like a Veterans issue, but it is. Appreciate your service. God bless.

Everybody here that served, it is humbling to be in your presence talking about veterans issues.

I'm spending a lot of time learning about these issues, because I

intend to fix a system that really needs to be more focused on the unique needs

We won't be able to project force in a way that will change behavior as it relates to China and Russia, unless

we have a military that is on -- right now it's on its way to being the smallest

Army, smallest Navy, smallest Air Force. We have to reverse this. This is really the first priority of government.

He cares about the troops. l know his son has served and

so he's definitely willing to put his money where his mouth is.

My belief is that this President has been absent - the net effect of this is you've had a surge

in the number of veterans coming into the system. You can do this in a way that

I assure you the day that I am elected President of the United States

will be the day that we turn this around

and began rebuilding the Armed Forces of the United States of America.