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Fronts at the va and bigger investment in the va than just about any other va secretary. cut veteran homelessness by 24%. brought in folks exposed to agent orange waiting for decades to get the services and benefits they earned. making sure post-traumatic dress disorder and traumatic brain injury was dealt with and facilities for our women vets who weren't receiving the kind of specialized services that they needed. he's been a championship of our veterans and where there's problems he's been ready and willing to get in and fix them. with the disability backlog that

House right now. the secretary of veterans affairs eric shinseki left the white house moments ago after meeting in the oval office with president obama. we learned just minutes ago that the president will make a statement in the briefing room. you're seeing a live picture of that briefing room right now at 11:15 the president will step before the microphone and tell the american people what he decided to do with the department of veterans affairs. will secretary shinseki stay on the job or will he go? drew griffin, i want to talk about more of the reforms that secretary shinseki was discussing...

Audit with ron nabors. we're paying attention to it and public is paying attention to it and that's what changed. i hope that the policy makers and the lawmakers in the public now embracing this story and paying attention to it don't think it's over because of shinseki's resignation. this is a problem going on at the va for years. it's a deep seeded systemic problem as shinseki himself noted in this audit. it's a problem where people and managers and people in charge of va hospitals are paid and rewarded for clean performance reviews that don't necessarily bear any resemblance to reality and h...

Interview, president obama said that it is going to be a difficult discussion about secretary shinseki's capacity to fix the problems at the veteran affairs, and one person tells me that he is on thin ice today and that is backdrop as the meeting is under way, chris. of course, we heard from secretary shinseki earlier today when he addressed a a group of veterans about veterans homelessness and a previously scheduled event we should point o out, and secretary the shinseki apologized for the widespread con duck at the v.a. and announced the changes including the fact that he has removed top sta...

Utilize these inappropriate practices. these are the secret wait lists that some of the vas were using that cnn uncovered. they were using these inappropriate practices to make waiting times appear more favorable. now this is a pretty short report. it's only five pages. it's a preliminary report. i suspect we'll get more. and so that's what we're finding today. i'm sure we'll hear more as the story unfolds. >> yes, it seems to be getting worse and worse every single day, more of these horrible details dealing with our veterans coming out. barbara starr's over at the pentagon. how's this playin...