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Kind of accountability that's necessary and give veterans, 6 1/2 million of them, this kind of health care, the kind of first-class, state of the art treatment they deserve. medical care delayed all too often is medical care denied. because it can result in the kind of fatalities and other kinds of problems that have been documented. >> doesn't sound to me -- correct me if i'm wrong, as if you still have a lot of confidence in secretary shinseki. >> i'm going to ask and continue to pose tough questions to secretary shinseki. i think he's going to have to provide answers. not only to the congre...

Secretary of veterans affairs, and i think they need to dig down. at the end of the day, we're spending a lot of money on the va and it's not being used responsibly. we all need to be paying attention to that. congress needs to be paying closer attention to it and the executive branch does as well. >> we'll continue to hold them accountable here at cnn. i wanted to ask you about that as it's news of the day. let's talk about you. you won your election, what a shock? your opponent, keith crisco died on a fall on his home, hours before he planned to concede. where did you get the word? what were...

Accountable. the inspector general at the va launched investigations into the phoenix va and other facilities and some individuals have already been put on administrative leave. i know that people are angry and want swift reckoning. i sympathize with that. we have to let the investigators do their job and get to the bottom of what happened. our veterans deserve to know the facts. their families to know the facts. once we know the facts, i assure you if there is misconduct, it will be punished. second, i want to know the full scope of this problem. that's why i ordered secretary shinseki to inv...

They've done their duty and they ask nothing more than than that this country does ours. we uphold our sacred trust to all who have served. so when i hear allegations of misconduct, any misconduct, whether it's allegations of va staff covering up long wait times or cooking the books, i will not stand for it. not as commander in chief but also not as an american. none of us should. so if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable. it is disgraceful. and i will not tolerate it. period. here's what i discussed with secretary shinseki this morning. first, anybody found to have manipula...

Are we serving them in their hour of need? after weeks of controversy about alleged deaths linked to delayed care at the va facilities, president obama is finally speaking out. >> if these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable. it is disgraceful. and i will not tolerate it, period. >> pretty strong words. will they be enough to quell what has welcobecome a growing of outrage. president obama's decision to stand by eric shinseki, whom he met with right before the presser. people are out for blood. the president's not having it. >> i know that ric's attitude is, if he does not think h...