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Problem. how do you -- i mean, how can you say -- how can you say that for sure? >> well, i guess i can't say that for sure. it's certainly been going on in phoenix for years and talked the people at other vas and told me the same thing. basically when you have a system where if the hospital director turns in good numbers to the vision director, they get ahead. if the vision director turns in good numbers to the va administration, they ahead. if congress comes and asked how's the va doing? numbers are great. so there's absolutely no incentive for upper va management to demand or get good numbe...

The fact that now 26 facilities are under investigation, does that surprise you? >> no. this is a systemic problem and they have been cheating and gaming this for years. >> you say this is a systemic problem. how do you -- i mean, how can you say -- how can you say that for sure? >> well, i guess i can't say that for sure. it's certainly been going on in phoenix for years and talked the people at other vas and told me the same thing. basically when you have a system where if the hospital director turns in good numbers to the vision director, they get ahead. if the vision director turns in good...

From these wars are getting what they were promised they would get from veterans affairs. this is scathing. not only are vets not getting mental health help that we promised they'd be able to get, not only are our vets waiting more like 50 days or even 80 days to get a mental health appointment, the va isn't even being honest about how badly they are screwing this up. the inspector general calls the va's own data, their own reporting on how long they're making our veterans wait for mental health care, quote, of no real value. so in other words, how's the va doing in terms of seeing vets who ne...

Everybody wants that. that said, as much as everybody in the country wants all the troops home, polls show that we are glad they are home from iraq, and we want them home from afghanistan. as much as americans are united in that, we frankly have some responsibilities as civilians to how responsibly bring those troops home. and apparently we are blowing it in at least one really important way. look at this. this is a new report from the inspector general for the veterans affairs administration. a new report on whether our troops are coming home -- whether our troops coming home from these wars ...

As much as americans are united in that, we frankly have some responsibilities as civilians to how responsibly bring those troops home. and apparently we are blowing it in at least one really important way. look at this. this is a new report from the inspector general for the veterans affairs administration. a new report on whether our troops are coming home -- whether our troops coming home from these wars are getting what they were promised they would get from veterans affairs. this is scathing. not only are vets not getting mental health help that we promised they'd be able to get, not only...