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Lay out his plans, and be very task oriented. what's happened in the last couple of weeks is events somewhat overtook him. congress wanted to see some passion about all of this. they didn't get that. they wanted to see a much quicker response. that didn't really happen. and you begin to see things build. and last night, we had the extraordinary event of the defense secretary, chuck hagel, openly softening his support for shinseki to stay in office, being very noncommittal about whether shinseki should stay. once you have one cabinet officer not really supporting another cabinet officer, seems ...

Senate to try to get the va tools to deal with the psychological wounds of war. >> you want a full-scale justice department criminal investigation to investigate to see if crimes were committed? >> we definitely want to see criminal investigation if that is merited. absolutely. >> alex nicholson, thanks very much for coming in. chris, thanks for you. i think it's fair to say, drew, that without your reporting, what we saw today would not have occurred. thanks to you. thanks to cnn for breaking these stories over many months and more to come. thanks very much. the va scandal raises new questi...

When it came to funding. we increased funding for va services in unprecedented fashion because we understood that it's not enough just to give lip service to our veterans but not being willing to put our money where our mouth is. so what i can say confidently is that this has been a priority. it's been a priority reflected in my budget. and that in terms of managing the va, where we have seen a problem and where we have been aware of a problem, we have gone after it and fixed it and have been able to make significant progress. but what is absolutely clear is this one, this issue of scheduling ...

Drew griffin who broke this scandal on cnn. jim, this sounds like an unprecedented situation to me. secretary shinseki says i'm not going to resign. he's saying i'm not going to resign. you have to fire me. the white house seems to be saying we're not going to fire you. you need to quit. so how does this issue get resolved here, jim? >> well, i think that's definitely one scenario that we could see right now. there are a lot of different moving parts. one of them is eric shinseki. you heard that speech earlier this morning before that group for homeless vets. i was struck by a couple things. y...

Is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. welcome back. we're watching the live mic on capitol hill. the speaker, john boehner, expected to appear at any moment. we will break in as soon as he takes into the floor. his comments about this resignation this morning of the secretary of the veterans affairs administration, eric shinseki. so as soon as that happens, you will see it live. also, cnn following the added anguish ove...