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Sector. greg, vets should have a portable voucher that can be used at any hospital. some vets do. and joe says close it. make v.a. vets cat or gocally eligible for medicaid until the v.a. is fixed. you have to see the kids when they first came in, it was gratifying to hear them. >> this is not your usual balloon party. jeremy telford built the largest balloon sculpture ever made by an individual measuring 65 feet by 32 feet. it took him days to make the massive dog which is a collection of nea...

Give the secretary not just the ability to fire the top executives within the v.a. but any person in the v.a. that cant or wont do their job. accountability is the most important thing to change the culture at the v.a. unfortunately, the secretary and those at the v.a. have done very little to change that culture. hell say he fired 1400 individuals since he became secretary. 1,000 of those were on probationary status. were talking about people that have been with the agency for 10 and 15 years t...

One. but based on you talk about the employees, you talk about the bureaucracy, is it realistic to say that any one person could come in and change this overnight? >> ive said it from the very beginning, this did not happen overnight, its happened over decades, its going to take a long time to fix. but, we need to have a partner at the v.a. thats willing to work with the congress not push against us in trying to resolve the problems that exist there. and again, dont protect the bad bureaucrat se...

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One. conor powell live in the middle east. appreciate it. more trouble for the department of veterans affairs. the embattled agency says it may have to close some hospitals if a $2.5 billion budget gap isnt met. florida congressman jeff miller is the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee. he says hes shocked at the enormity of the v.a.s issues joins us live. chairman thank you for your time today. >> thank you. good to be with us. >> basically what were hearing from the v.a. is they...

United states. basically theyre trying to back congress into a corner using the veterans as pawns. >> i know that theres been a lot of investigation into what happened involving wait times, whos responsible. i mean by our last research we did here just a few weeks ago, only one person has been fired within the v.a. you could argue maybe up to three. but one for sure directly related to those wait times. with all of the investigations going on the auditing goingen organization how did this budget...