"The problem is they're not sure when they will get money, " said Steve Kosiak of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

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On Monday, the groups met with President Obama, Emanuel, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki and Steven Kosiak, director in charge of defense spending for the Office of Management and Budget.

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This was a difficult fact of life for Don Kosiak, an emergency physician at Avera Health, a network of hospitals in South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska.

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