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The now long embattled, it seems, secretary of veterans affairs. he is the highest ranking of several people in leadership roles at the va who are out as of today. the president spoke just a short time ago about it. >> i am grateful for his service, as are many veterans across the country. he has worked hard to investigate and identify the problems with access to care, but as he told me this morning, the va needs new leadership to address it. he does not want to be a distraction because his priority is to fix the problem and make sure our vets are getting the care that they need. that was rick...

Griffin's reporting brought attention to this problem, because of his exemplary reporting about the problems at the phoenix va. how that systemic failure resulted in 1,400 individuals, as we now know from the audit, on wait lists, and then 1,700 not put on wait lists. perhaps others died while waiting for care. >> drew, now it's all the way to the white house. jim, i'd like you to just comment on one of the questions the president had to face that felt very, very pointed. i wasn't sure i was reading the president's face properly, but he was asked, when you had a crisis with the health care web...

Will others bring their war back home? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with new details with the growing scandal that led to resignation of eric shinseki. the final blow, an internal v.a. audit showing misconduct at hospitals across the country. president obama says firings are under way, bonuses being canceled. there may even be a federal criminal investigation. cnn was first to shine the spotlight on the v.a. scandal and our correspondents are standing by to bring you the full coverage we can. we begin with jim acosta who takes us behind the scenes of today's stu...

Remarkable action in public remarks he took responsibility for the conduct of those facilities and apologized to his fellow rveterans and fellow americans. rick shinseki submitted his resignation and with regret i accepted it. he did two tours of combat in vietnam. he left part of himself on the battlefield. he rose to command the first cavalry division. served as army chief of staff. and has never been afraid to speak truth to power. as secretary of the va, he presided over record investments in our veterans. in enrolling veterans in healthcare, delivering disability pay to more vietnam veter...

His own life last june. he happened to have been treated at this phoenix va and niz n his suicide note he talks about frustrations of not getting proper treatments. when you look at the numbers, 22 veterans commit suicide a day in this country. i'm not sure we're talking about this enough. i know you have met other parents. does that story sound familiar to you? >> this is a disaster. this is part of the problem. we keep talking, they keep dying. right now today while we take another two months to figure out if congress or the senate is going to approve the next person we could fix this right ...