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On any lists and they died in the process. that's the enormous fear. >> absolutely. >> drew, don't go far. we have more to discuss. i want to go to the pentagon right now. our correspondent barbara starr is standing by. barbara, you know shinseki, he was the army chief of staff at one point. why was he unable to fix this problem in the department of veterans affairs? tell us what american veterans need to know and what they need to know as far as a replacement to reassure them that the problem will be fixed? >> well, wolf, i've talked today to some of hirz closest longtime friends and colleagu...

Va sloan gibson is a deputy secretary of the va who has only been there for a few months. the president saying during this appearance here in the briefing room that he's going to have to find a permanent va secretary and i have to assume that is one of the top priority items for this president right now on his agenda. >> he'll have to get that person confirmed. the nomination confirmed by the entire united states senate. that could take a while. sloan gibson, deputy secretary, only a few months on the job but someone with a lot of experience, graduate of west point and graduate of harvard kenn...

Department is also involved. >> criminal acts they should be punished. no ifs, buts and maybes. >> reporter: white house aides say other v.a. officials will do go. >> we'll be holding accountable specific individuals. >> reporter: but the v.a. will be doing that with an interim secretary at the v.a., sloan gibson, who has only been on the job in his current role as a deputy secretary of the v.a. for three months. now, we should point out, wolf, this was not the only big news of the day. as you saw in the briefing room, later on in the afternoon, the president made a surprise appearance to anno...

Got this rolling telling us what happened at the phoenix va. >> i said i thought the problem was limited and isolated because i believed that. i no longer believe that. it is systemic. it is systemic. way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips.

This is tough. daniel, he was ultimately diagnosed with ptsd and brain injury and other issues a year after the end of his second deployment. and i know that he sought help from this phoenix va, the same va that happened to quince dentally be at the center of our investigation here. could you tell me about the process. can you tell me about the seemingly archaic method with a postcard? >> his first problem was that he couldn't get in initially because he was with the national guard in active ready reserve