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>> the inspector general at the va launched investigations into phoenix va and other facilities families deserve to know the facts. once we know the facts i assure you, if there is misconduct, it will be punished. >> my next guest is a physician that witnessed some mistreatment. >> you have worked in a number of va facilities when you heard these stories, were surprised by this? >> well, at the beginning, i was a little bit surprised because of the fact that when i initially started my training and a va hospital in baltimore, i got some of the most training there. i am a veteran. but later on,...

To decide what the troop levels will be in afghanistan after 2014. it also comes as this administration is dealing with the mounting va scandal, which of course, the reports as many as 40 veterans may have died in phoenix while waiting for care and there may have been other types of similar instances of mistreating veterans across the country. that's what the obama administration is dealing with as president obama makes this surprise visit to afghanistan. i'm told that rob nabors just got back. he's launching his own review into what went wrong with the va facilities across the country and the...

>> the inspector general at the va launched investigations into phoenix va and other facilities families deserve to know the facts. once we know the facts i assure you, if there is misconduct, it will be punished. >> my next guest is a physician that witnessed some mistreatment. >> you have worked in a number of va facilities when you heard these stories, were surprised by this? >> well, at the beginning, i was a little bit surprised because of the fact that when i initially started my training and a va hospital in baltimore, i got some of the most training there. i am a veteran. but later on,...

The "washington post." but i think because there are so many va facilities around the country -- haven't we all become inured to this, oh, va is a mess, we've all known that. and then i think until we got the secret waiting lists and the suggestions of skullduggery and cover-up, that's what the story had been lacking. >> but in defense of the va, again, going back to all they have to deal with with so few resources, they don't do such a bad job in the aggregate. the marketing studies that have been done show that the average patient of the va give it pretty high scores. in some cases higher sc...

>> any allegation, any adverse incident like this makes me as -- makes me mad as hell. >> can you explain after knowing this information why you should not resign? >> i'll tell you senator i came here to make things better for veterans. that was my appointment by the president. >> administration officials try to tap down the alarm on capitol hill. that same day we learned 26 va facilities are being investigated nationwide. on may 21st, nearly six years to the day after condemning the betrayal of american veterans, president obama makes his first extended public comments on the scandal. >> i kn...