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Stick approach. the federal government went as far as they can to mandate vaccines for the people they have control over. so members of the military are expected to soon have to get vaccinated. there is a requirement for va workers. now the next stage in that is encouraging private companies, local governments, state governments, as much as they can. so were seeing this event today. the president bringing in leaders of institutions that put vaccine requirements in place including the head of uni...

Bloat, all of this infrastructure, 1.2 billion hospitals in single town. no, we dont. we dont have to have any of that. for example, when i retired from the service, i took my active duty medical records to a local base in my hometown and i transitioned to military retirement and i go to the clinics that i want to. if i can do that after fighting three wars and serving my countries more than two decades we ought to allow the veterans that come back from their wars to have similar choices instead...

The campaign trail on the campaign trail, donald trump promised to keep guantánamo bay open, now he is keeping his promise on that. >> we are going to load it up with some bad dudes, we are going to load it up. heather: the president announce plans for an executive order during his state of the union address to reverse the obama direct to close the bill the military prison. 41 detainees remain in gitmo. a former va database manager trying to sell information on veterans, their families and va w...

Country to do that. about 16,000 of our workers will be immediately furloughed and another 28,000 will come to work but wont receive paychecks. neil: va workers? >> va workers but fortunately the essential services, healthcare services getting our veterans our checks will continue uninterrupted because the last time we had the shutdown, congress has authorized us in a advanced appropriation money ahead of time so that we dont disrupt the essential services to our veterans. neil: all right now mi...

♪ pete: our nations heroes suffer endless va wait times a new report reveals those va workers, some va workers were given $30 million in insenttives with no explanation. bonus money with no rationale. here to react phoenix va whistle-blower, branden coleman. youve been at the front of this. office of inspector general of the va releasing a report, upwards $30 million were given without any justification or performance tied to it. how can that be? >> thanks for having me, pete. good to see sloa...

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I should have worn green. >> happyurt day earth day heather. hope youre off to a good day. this coming out of washington, d.c. the head of the va has a new idea to fix a billion dollars construction problem. he says pay for it by raiding veteran treatment funds. a va hospital construction project in colorado, is more than a billion dollars overbudget. now the va secretary wants to pay for it with a fund designed to help veterans pay for outside doctors while the va deals with that huge delay i...

>> no punish. for a former government worker who admitted to spying for the chinese. brand new documents obtained by fox news are showing up the fbi investigated the state department translator late last year for accepting $1,000 for china to spy american citizens and u.s. government employees. the justice department has not given a reason why it has been prosecuted so far. the head of the da getting new heat for the botched project. robert mcdonald wants to take a billion dollars away from the ...

As a health care company. >> anderson, weve been reporting on these delays in care -- >> cnn spent more than a year investigating delays in care at veterans affairs hospitals. we exposed systematic problems in the va and thousands of veterans were waiting months, even years to see a doctor. cnns reporting also uncovered va workers cooking the books to cover up long wait times. congressional hearings were held and va secretary eric shinseki was forced to resign. president obama brought in a new s...

Locations. they made good on the promise early. on september 3rd, pulled all tobacco products from the shelves. this would cost the company $2 billion a year, but tobacco is against its moral and ethical principles a as health care company. >> anderson, weve been reporting on your program on these delays at these hospitals -- >> cnn spent more than a year in investigating delay in care at veteran hospitals. we exposed problems throughout the va, and cnns reporting found that thousands of veteran...