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Launched an investigation yet. how about that? >> no, they haven't yet and senator richard blumenthal of connecticut is calling for just that. he says the justice department should look into this matter. here's what he had to say this morning. >> the department of justice has to be involved. i've urged secretary shinseki privately and in fact publicly to request and involve the department of justice. these are allegations, but there's evidence to support them. we're not rushing to judgment, but the department of justice can conkorean a grand jury, if necessary. the i.g. cannot reflect and pres...

Defense experts say it's important to keep a limited number of troops in afghanistan to keep it from falling back in the problems that you see now in iraq, to keep the taliban from regaining control and to retain the authority of the central government. the cloud over this visit, that ambassador bolton was talking, is the scandal at the v.a. about some allegations hid the long time veterans were waiting for medical care. the president waiting for a report now from v.a. eric shinseki on how widespread the problem is and he's trying to keep shinseki on the job to fix the problem that even a numb...

Primary source of care is a department of veterans affairs but at times when the v.a. cannot see these veterans they do need to get care as quickly as possible. >> and then so, of course, getting care for the vets immediately is something that you believe should take place and then systematically, how do we go about changing the plagued v.a. health care program? >> i'm sorry, how do we go about changing what? >> systematically -- you gave me an idea of what the immediate needs are which is to make sure that the veterans can get access if it is outside of the system, how they get the health car...

Secretary shinseki said he's enhancing the ability of some v.a. facilities so that veterans can get care sooner. arthel? >> indeed. thank you very much for that report from the white house, and we want to let everybody know that we'll be talking more on this v.a. scandal with the national legislative director for the american legion to get his take on that. wendall goler, again, thank you very much. >> the president is in afghanistan and in washington, d.c. it's time for rolling thunder. we'll have a live up-close look at this special memorial day edition straight ahead.

>> reporter: really support from both sides of the aisle for the obama administration's aisle to allowed veterans to get private medical care amid mounting accusations that patients were left without needed care at veterans hospitals. congressman jeff miller of florida supports the idea of allowing some veterans to get care at private hospitals and says this is not simple police an issue of leadership as some continue kag for the resignation of v.a. secretary eric shinseki. >> this is much larger than the secretary of the department of veterans affairs. >> like what? >> well, you've got an ent...