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After the Persian Gulf War in 1991 , half of all veterans sought VA medical care , and 44 % filed disability claims . I 'll ask that you proceed in the order that I introduced you ; first of all , Dr. Takeyh , then Secretary Carter and then Ambassador Indyk . Both are former administrators of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy at the US Office of Management and Budget . Many Shiite politicians see the Shiite militias as their protectors against a resurgent Sunni population , nothwithstanding Prime Minister Prime Nouri al-Maliki 's pledge to crack down on the militias . Some commentators have argued that China will be as disruptive to the beginning of the 21st century as the Kaiser 's Germany was to the 20th century . Ten days into office , he addressed the annual Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and courageously announced an amnesty program for the more than fifty thousand Vietnam War draft evaders . He has removed generals John Abizaid and George Casey , who were sceptical of a troop ‘ surge ’ , and moved Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad , who was supposed to negotiate a political agreement in Iraq . But this assumes that Iraqi forces are up to the task , and that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ’ s government , which rests upon Shiite militia support , can play a competent and even-handed role .