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>> when i heard this yesterday -- because today a big hearing is set to take place right there on capitol hill. shinseki, who has been asked to resign both from congressional democrats and republicans, is set to give the president information in terms of what was behind all the delays and paper work that was set to the side as it relates to veterans health. the v.a., in a move to put forth an olive branch, said theyre going to be making some changes finally for the veterans who deserve the best ...

April 9th, the story explodes when the chairman of the house veterans affairs committee speaks out detailing the extend of the phoenix vas alleged fraud saying two sets of records were kept, one that was secret with the real and lengthy wait times, another that falsely showed bogus two-week waits. investigators believe as many as 40 veterans may have died while watzing f waiting for aappointments. >> you said veterans are dying and have died as a result of this shotty system at the phoenix va wh...

Do you think that would solve things? >> well, essentially, my organization did ask for his resignation. but were at a point now where the president has made it clear he wants to see the results of these investigations. so this is where were at now. lets get this fixed. lets hold the executives accountable. weve got veterans waiting four months with gang green, heart disease, brain tumors. in albuquerque, new mexico, 19 different facilities have been shown to have these scandals with wait times....

When it comes to mental health care, theyre put on waiting lists. studies have said that a minority actually get appropriate mental health care despite the many problems they have with post-traumatic stress disorder. theyre still not addressing the care that people need. >> the president said five, six, seven years ago that wont happen. august 2007. quote, no veteran should have to wait for months. thats from barack obama himself. and in phoenix in 2009 at the vfw. this is the president speaking...

Than policy. >> also late on a friday afternoon and ahead of a long ahead weekend, day that washington likes to make surprise announcemented that wont draw interest. >> i dont think theres a chance in the world. the president is on the record assaying he wantses to see these reports. one could argue why does he need to see the reports because there have been seven from the inspector general and gao, showing problems with long wait times and cooked books, deception, in what was being presented as...

Agency has continued to grow. the issue of wait times has been around for a considerable amount of time but just recently, the deaths have been brought forward, especially in places like south carolina, augusta georgia, memphis, tennessee where veterans were put on waiting lists and died before they could get the service. >> but i saw, i saw you write to the president a year ago, may of 2013 i read your letter talking about deaths back then, due to wait times, addressing failures and management,...

Crist, alison grimes in kentucky and michelle nunn, a democrat running for the u.s. senate in georgia. shinseki says he has no plans to resign over the alleged coverup of v.a. wait times. cnn has been at the forefront of this story. we were the first to report that 40 veterans have died while waiting to be seen through the v.a. system. later, president obama defended the record vowing accountability but only after the investigation is concluded. lets bring in dan ball, chief correspondent at "th...

So long as the national outrage doesnt peter out as outrage sometimes tends to do. the thing is, these stories are not new. not even slightly new. wait times, delayed care, questionable record keeping, all of those things are part of the va sometimes inglorious past. even the present scandal about cooked books isnt particularly new. just last march a governmental official told the house veterans affairs committee that, quote, staff at some clinics told us they changed medical appointments desire...

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Calm down. >> hell no. >> i think thats wrong. enough calm downing around the country on this. thats what has gotten us into this. >> yeah, definitely. i cant figure out what would motivate them to wait so long to talk about it especially if you consider the fact as the president said today that this has been sort of a signature issue for him and his wife, right? this has been something that they have talked about a lot and they have said is very important to them. why wouldnt you be out the nex...