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It seems you have top officials throughout the va who have been covering this up for years. >> excellent reporting. jim and barbara, jake, thank you. to you, drew, once again, i'll say it early and often, you're the reason we all come to work every day, the kind of work you've been doing for over a year now to uncover this and to start this ball rolling makes us very proud. thank you to you, all of you, but drew griffin in particular. i want to bring in the republican representative from indiana. she was the first member of congress to call for the resignation of shinseki. congresswoman, is th...

That's rocking the veterans affair? >> wolf, i tell you, it may have been the end of the road for eric shinseki, but the audit he left for the president shows the work is just beginning. in a damning audit released friday, the veterans affairs department outlined concerns of, quote, questionable scheduling practices that signaled a systemic lack of integrity. the audit found that schedulers were pressured to use improper practices that made waiting times look shorter. what's more? the audit found the bench mark the va created to get veterans quicker care backfired. the goal of having a veteran...

And they deserve better, much better, than they're getting today. >> in he neither boom, hillary clinton writes this, those who ex-flight tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country. she right, republicans polite sizing ben gaghazi attacks? >> this is one issue only, getting the truth for the american people and the truth about what happened at benghazi for the four families who lost their loved ones there. that's why we created a select committee. we have to remember, we've been asking for documents now for 18 months. why does the administr...

His own. for president obama, there was no time to wait. >> secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. with considerable regret, i accepted. >> according to white house officials, the resignation of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki was over in one hour. first he met many the oval office with the president, chief of staff and the top white house aide now overseeing the v.a. then the president and shinseki went for a walk for a private conversation. minutes later obama said shinseki concluded he was too much of a distraction. >> so my assessment was up fortunately that he was rig...

President who now knows that the world perceives him as weak. look, dick cheney, whether you like him or not, a lot of people agree with him. barack obama is aware that his legacy is going to get tarred with the same brush that jimmy carter got tarred. he is going to yet i continues it kick the can. you make the decision when things are this bad at the v.a. you say listen, general, we appreciate it. it just didn't work out. just as bush didmñ with threatt. it's no longer just dick cheney suggesting we are weak. have you got the "new york times" editorial page, back this president on practical...