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Office of the inspector general has found systemic problems at v.a. facilities lying about patient wait times, and at the hospital in phoenix where the whole scandal broke, the same report said some 1,700 veterans were at risk of being forgotten or lost because they were never included on the official wait list for medical appointments. v.a. secretary eric shinseki may be gone, he resign on friday, but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that did not fix the problem or problems. a bill is...

And this white house are frustrated with a lot of disingenuous calls for a lot of skalps in washington on a lot of trumped up scandals. having said that, in 5 1/2 years we havent seen a cabinet official go for anything. having followed the news for a while, this would seem to be one of the more serious examples where that should be considered. theres real failures at the va. >> well, there are. and i think number one, what happened. to the extent that there was cooking the books on the wait list...

Wrong, it is the commanders responsibility. its not going to solve everything to have him step aside but it is the right thing to do. >> that may be the case. and i -- in some ways i personally reserve judgment because i feel like i dont know what the underlying problem is yet. lets say shinseki comes out tomorrow and resigns, 8:30 in the morning hes scheduled to give a talk. lets say he resigns. whats the day two plan of attack here? i mean, i still dont understand what the problem is that has ...

Assistant affairs. they are gaining trust one veteran at a time. he is set to meet tonight with updates from the inspector generals office the government office and va itself on the secret wait list. religious owners of for profit businesses fighting against the affordable care act contraception mandates. the owners including hobby lobby requiring them to provide healthcare with all forms of contraception at no costs violate their religious beliefs. they will rule on whether police and search ce...

Manage to get that small piece of it done well, a lot of folks are wondering how obama care could possibly work. >> there is a difference in the obama care is a health and insurance plan and the care people are getting are from the private doctors. you can be sure that republicans and conservatives are going to make that logical leap or illogical leap. and the government system and a lot of democrats favor a single payer run system. this shoes the dangers of that. and when you are deciding thing...

We have an american marine in a jailed prison. what kind of message does this send? especially amidst all controversy in the v.a. scandal about how we treat our active and past military members? >> well, its good to be with you, andrea. the optics are absolutely horrible. you think about what has done with on with the veterans administration hospital and the fact that we have veterans that are dying because they are on a wait list. you talk about sergeant tahmooressi and his situation, which he ...

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