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As we pause to celebrate Veterans Day 2013, it is worth noting that our veterans community has rarely faced greater challenges and uncertainties than at present. Sequestration and a continuing budget battle between Congress and the Administration has essentially frozen the funding of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and a huge backlog of unprocessed benefits requests continue to handicap efforts to serve their needs. In addition, a vast influx of new veterans from those who served following 9/11 is placing greater strains on the VA, whose personnel and infrastructure base is presently fixed and cannot be expanded. 2013 therefore, is a tough time for America's veterans community.  To gain a better appreciation and greater understanding of present-day Veterans Affairs, join military historian, author and journalist John D. Gresham for Military Monday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a special Veterans Day broadcast when he'll welcome guest Darin Selnick, a former official with the Department of Veterans Affairs.  Mr.