Accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the House Veterans Affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. In a statement the v. A. Said it needs to pay bonuses to attract and retain top talent and did suspend payouts last year to some senior executives, following revelations employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. V. A. Secretary bob mcdonald brought on the fix the wait list scandal said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. My vision is being held hostage by politics. What i am trying to do is to work with the members of congress to leave politics at the door and focus on veterans. Reporter now, charlie, mcdonald Needs Congress to approve a more than 1 billion funding increase he requested to to serve the 23 million veterans in this country. Thank you, margaret. Two Fantasy Sports web sites said today they will fight to stay in business in new yo
On this veterans day, president obama said he is still not satisfied with the department of veterans affairs. The president ordered a massive overhaul last year. After reports that many vets were forced to wait months for treatment. Now Margaret Brennan reports the va paid millions in bonuses some of it to doctors under investigation. Reporer dr. David houlihan former chief of staff at veteran center in tomah, washington was nicknamed the candyman, he allegedly dolled out high amount of pain medications to patients. Yet the va paid houlihan a 400 bonus last year. Taxpayer money he kept after being fired earlier this week. The v. A. Paid out 143 million in performance bonuses to s toes to employees in 2014. Several under investigation or accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the House Veterans Affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompa tense. In a statement the v. A. Said it
Grove National Historic park. Now, it is time to pause aand reflect on the o magnitude of what happened here 150 years ago. To set the stage for this commemoration, i would like to super intendant jim northrup to say a few words. [applause] well, good evening. As amy said, my name is jim northrup. It is my great privilege to serve as the superintendent. To join with amy and at Belle Grove Plantation to welcome you and thank you for coming to this the important element in 150th anniversary events here at cedar creek. Place, gathered at this in this moment, to remember exactly what happened here. Those remember all of who were killed or wounded on this battlefield. On october ou know, 19, 1864 a great battle was fought here. A battle that secured the valley for the union, and a battle that is credited with propelling Abraham Lincoln to reelection. We also talk a great deal about the interesting tactics ociated with the battle risky surprise attacks, the Great Success of the Confederate F
Continues a controversial practice. Raising questions whether the president s un rat lal rewriila of the law are legal. Weve never seen a president who takes the view if you disagree with a federal law he can ignore it or just change it. Can president obama change obamacare without going back to congress . Well ask republican mike lee of the Senate Judiciary committee. And congressman javier basara, chairman of the House Democratic caucus. And our power player of the week, medalist girard senahi is live in studio and promises to astound our panelists. Well see. All right now. On fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. When new jerseys Chris Christie spoke in chicago this week, a former governor was sent to act as a truth squad. And when papers from one of Hillary Clintons closest friends were discovered, we decided it is not too soon to talk about the 2016 president ial election. Joining us from ohio, that former governor democrat ted strikland and from texas, for
Good evening, and welcome to tos meeting of the Commonwealth Club of california, the place where youre in the know. You can find the Commonwealth Club on the internet at commonwealthclub. Org. Im Andrew Leonard from salon. Com, your moderator for this evenings program. To my left is Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew Mcafee who are researchers at the Mit Sloan School of management. Erik is the directer of the mit center for Digital Business and andrew is the Principal Research scientist. The two men made a name for themselves a couple of years ago with their selfpublished book, race against the machine, which kind of coalesced some emerging nervousness about the fact that automation is really beginning to replace jobs at higher and higher levels. They followed this up with a bigger book, the second machine age work, progress and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies. And its really, i think everybody in this room will understand how timely this is. In the San Francisco and greater b