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And their families are calling for a swift solution so no one else is at risk. i spoke with two people whose family members died while waiting for care at the phoenix va. >> the attempt to get an appointment with the phoenix va starting in august, was told that the wait to see a primary care physician, and subsequently a referral to an oncologist would be seven months. >> they told me they were going to give him an appointment in a week for urgency. urgency, a doctor. and they didn't call until he died december 6th is when they called. >> that man passed in november. joining me now is democrat...

Sending, he wants out of afghanistan as soon as he can. and i think the taliban know that. even worse, the civilians in afghanistan who have fought with us. who have tried to oppose the taliban. women who want thing like education. now recognize the united states under barack obama is scuttling out of that country. >> all right. i'm going on shift for a moment. you heard what that whistle blower doctor said to me a few minutes ago basically saying that the inspector general in the v.a. scandal actually was slanting reports in favor of the veterans administration. to me that's shocking. no one ...

With me now, dr. katherine mitchell. she is a whistle blower who tried to expose this scandal but was repry imagined and was put on administrative leave by the v.a. you tried to expose the scandal. you were put on administrative leave. what did you witness that made you come forward? >> actually, i was working on a project to decrease the number of suicides in the phoenix v.a. although our rate is below the national level, our rates of suicide have doubled. i was going through charts trying to figure out what special things we could have put in place to stack the cards in the veterans' favor s...

Because that's what their livelihood is depending on. if it depends on a short list and you can bury it, that's a problem. >> a short list and you can bury it and you can make cash at the same time. because these v.a. hospitals are unionized. so it is almost as if there's money flowing to the unions. i'm a prosecutor for 30 years. the last thing i want to say is that an inspector general is slanting something in favor of the accused. but this requires a federal investigation by the fbi, and special prosecutor. do you not agree with that, congressman? >> i agree. i will tell you if the house v....

So lieutenant colonel tony schafer. thank you for being with us. >> now to my open. ever get sick? call the doctor? no answer? when they do open, you can't get an appointment. but they'll get back to you. and then they never do. because your name went in the garbage can. you get sicker. you know you're dying. you wait. but no doctor. because you were put on a death list when your name went in that garbage can. welcome to barack obama's america. where corruption scandal and lawlessness reign. where truth, justice and integrity went right into that same garbage can and make no mistake, you're ne...