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Congress, including nearly a dozen democrats now in the senate, say shinseki should resign. and now he seems to be losing the support of his boss, the president. our jim acosta has more from the white house this morning. >> reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke. the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president's full backing. instead, carney said t...

White house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president's full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. >> how does he run the department if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president? >> the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked the secretary to provide to him. >> reporter: a growing list of senate ...

How does he conduct this investigation if he doesn't have the full confidence of the president? >> well, the president looks forward to the preliminary review that he asked the secretary to provide to him. >> reporter: a growing list of senate democrats, many up for re-election, are calling for shinseki to go. the last straw for those senators? an inspector general's report pointing to systemic issues in the va system, noting, in phoenix, 1,700 veterans were never put on a waiting list and were likely lost or forgotten. as for the white house, an official cautions, the president's loyalty only...

Senators? an inspector general's report pointing to systemic issues in the va system, noting in phoenix, 1,700 veterans were never put on a waiting list and were likely lost or forgotten. as for the white house, an official cautions, the president's loyalty only goes so far. mr. obama stood by hhs secretary kathleen sebelius because officials were confident here that the broken obamacare website could be fixed. the white house is not so sure about shinseki's ability to repair the damage at the va. john and christine? >> all right, as the president waits to see the internal report from the va, ...

Think the president said that he told this to secretary shinseki, including that day when he met with him, that he wants to see what the results of that review are. >> now, as you mentioned, a growing list of senate democrats, many up for reelection are calling for shinseki to go. the last straw for the senators, as you said in an inspector general's report pointing to systemic issues inside the v.a. system, noting the 1700 veterans were never put on a weight list in phoenix, and were likely, quote, lost or forgotten, unquote. as for the white house, erin, an official cautions the president's ...