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Inspector's general, the government accountability office have heard this before and our sources tell us it just doesn't seem to get better. >> the one thing we didn't see in your reporting is anyone responding to this directly from the veterans administration. i know you tried to get reaction. >> yeah, and this was kind of stunning. the va's administration is really thumbing their nose at us, but also thumbing their nose at congress, let me tell you what were we told, wolf. we requested an interview with the national medical director what i think is a serious issue. a public affair's officer ...

Lead me read you part of the statement. he said i struggle with the disease of alcoholism and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice as the father of a young son and a husband to a loving wife, i need to get help so i can be a better man for both of them. >> any reaction, dana, from senior republicans? this is a first-term congressman and doesn't have a lot of name reck nation outside of his district. do you think he'll get support from party leaders? >> he's a freshman republican and the party leader, the main one, john boehner said members of congress should be held to the highest sta...

Hospital bed, doesn't get a hospital bed. >> and the state of virginia specifically, jeff gardere, you say, is among one of the worst states when it comes to mental health resources. how bad is it and why? >> yeah, well, from what we're hearing, virginia's had its highest suicide rate in the past 13 years. it has a very high suicide rate. two reasons have been given. one is that of course the poverty rate and unemployment in virginia, and the stress that goes along with that. but the other part of it is inadequate mental health resources. we know this happens all over the nation. it seems to b...

His family down and he as announced that he's an alcoholic. let me read a statement that he put out. he said i struggle with the disease of alcoholism and this led to an extremely irresponsible choice as the father of a young son and a husband to a loving wife, i need to get help so i can be a better man for both of them. >> any reaction, dana, from senior republicans? this is a first-term congressman obviously, doesn't have a lot of name recognition outside of his own district. do you think he'll get support from party leaders? >> well, he is a freshman republican, and his party leader, his m...

Earlier and though the report doesn't say if the vet lived or died, it does say an earlier screening would have provided earlier detection with better survival. >> there is a little problem the va had. >> reporter: o'neil sessions, a vietnam vet is a lucky one. he says va doctors told him just this spring, he didn't even need a colonoscopy and he had one and his private physician found and removed four poll lops. some were precancerous. had he waited, he would have colon cancer. it has to be disheartening. >> yes, it is. the va is not doing the -- my feelings is that the va is not doing their ...