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“How can the president say that the VA’s problems had not reached the White House, when the president himself says he’s been working on this for six years?” he said.

 

Obama transcends time and space, obviously.

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He's so dreamy! And those promises to make changes that EVERYONE wants. Wow! No wonder he got elected.

Of course, once elected he simply did the Reflexive-Lib-Demo reaction to a complex problem hoping it would simply go away without having to get any hands dirty - throw money at it. That's worked so well in the past, like it does for America's longest-running war - the "War on Poverty".

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/examiner-editorial-obama-and-eric-shinseki-knew-but-failed-to-act-on-veterans-affairs-crisis/article/2549170?custom_click=rss&utm_campaign=Weekly+Standard+Story+Box&utm_source=weeklystandard.com&utm_medium=referral

 

In reporting Miller's disclosure in that hearing nearly eight weeks earlier, Flatten sought comment from Shinseki at VA. As usual, no comment was forthcoming. But multiple VA officials were in the hearing room, and Flatten accurately reported Miller's comments on the same day. It is simply inconceivable to claim that Shinseki could not have known about the Phoenix allegations on April 9. He should have gotten on an airplane that day and flown to Phoenix to direct an investigation, fire those responsible for the deaths and refer evidence to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution. That Shinseki did not take immediate and direct action following the Miller hearing was itself grounds for his dismissal.

 

Just as disconnected from reality was the president's assertion that “structures to identify the problem and fix it quickly” weren't in place. No federal civil servant is exempt from accountability, thanks to the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act and other laws on the books. Shinseki himself told the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on May 15 that he did not need new authority to fire incompetent or dishonest VA employees and that VA had already terminated nearly 6,000 of them in the last two years. But, as Government Executive's Eric Katz reported Friday, Shinseki rarely fired anybody in VA's top managerial ranks, the Senior Executive Service. “VA fired just two Senior Executive Service employees for discipline or performance in fiscal 2013, and has terminated a total of three senior executives since fiscal 2008,” according to Katz.

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The spin, remember, is the administration may have known, but O had to wait to read it in the paper............See Carney Lie #39232.

 

Obama Administration Knew About VA’s Secret Wait Lists For Years

by Patrick Howley

 

 

Original Article

 

 

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One thing you can say about Obama: he's done a bang up job fixing the VA just like he promised.

 

This just in: Vet Finally Gets a VA Appointment...Two Years After He Died.

 

Saddest part of the story: He was denied funeral benefits because...wait for it...he was never treated at the VA.

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One thing you can say about Obama: he's done a bang up job fixing the VA just like he promised.

 

This just in: Vet Finally Gets a VA Appointment...Two Years After He Died.

 

Saddest part of the story: He was denied funeral benefits because...wait for it...he was never treated at the VA.

 

That sounds entirely normal for government work.

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One-third of vets on VA wait list...are dead...many of them for more than four years.

 

Cops getting murdered left and right. Vets being left for dead. Iran gets a free pass to build a nuke. An avowed socialist about to take the lead over the established Dem frontrunner.

 

If this isn't a SoProg Utopia, I don't know what is.

 

 

I blame William McKinley.

 

 

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That's right, because the private sector would never take care of our veterans

Oh no? http://hero-house.org/

 

That's just a single example. The private sector does lots to help our veterans.

 

But, that's really not the point. The VA is an employment benefit, and should be held accountable for it's failures.

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Oh no? http://hero-house.org/

 

That's just a single example. The private sector does lots to help our veterans.

 

But, that's really not the point. The VA is an employment benefit, and should be held accountable for it's failures.

 

You're trying to appeal to a person who views our veterans getting killed with the same joy you see from Tim Graham finding out Brady's suspension is lifted.

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You're trying to appeal to a person who views our veterans getting killed with the same joy you see from Tim Graham finding out Brady's suspension is lifted.

Journalists are not suppose to lie

 

Christians are not suppose to bear false witness

Oh no? http://hero-house.org/

 

That's just a single example. The private sector does lots to help our veterans.

 

But, that's really not the point. The VA is an employment benefit, and should be held accountable for it's failures.

You are right, that is not the point. If our government did not provide this care, the vets just wouldn't get the care. Say it with me: "Thank you government for caring for our veterans, like Gatorman"

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Oh no? http://hero-house.org/

 

That's just a single example. The private sector does lots to help our veterans.

 

But, that's really not the point. The VA is an employment benefit, and should be held accountable for it's failures.

 

I guess he's never seen any of the ads for Wounded Warriors.

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Journalists are not suppose to lie

 

Christians are not suppose to bear false witness

 

And Americans aren't supposed to laugh when American veterans are killed.

 

I can do this all day.

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