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>> i was talking to gary just the other day and he said the exact same thing. paul, iava, thank you so much. >> thank you. we appreciate you. >> you got it. coming up next, hillary clinton fights back critics blaming her for the benghazi terror attack. an excerpt from her upcoming book leaked today. hear the tough words directed at republicans. [is engineered for comfort.hing that goes into a lennox system like parts that create your perfect temperature

Appointees have said we don't need more money. it's a cultural problem. we need an independent reform commission to look at changes from folks outside the bureaucracy, number one and number two, i think the president needs to implement immediately a veteran choice program to allow veterans awaiting care and other veterans that would like to choose to go outside the va system. those two reforms would go a long ways toward solving the problem. >> and at this stage, do you think the deputy secretary will be able to accomplish anything? >> in the last nine years, nearly a decade, congress has rece...

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, ...

This is huge. the va system is huge. the problems are huge and it will cost money to fix it. >> yes, although we don't know to the degree of the funding was the issue in terms of the wrongdoing. maybe it was a big issue or more a case of mismanagement so that will be an important thing. >> were they overloaded? just too many people. >> think of the repercussions of the end of the two long wars in iraq and afghanistan. we will be dealing with this flood of evidence with problems and health issues to be dealt with for decades to come. this is not a problem that we'll fix and move on completely. ...

And unbelievably pissed about this, i.g. report that he ordered, that shows that this its a systemic issue that there are 26 hospitals that are, under investigation, of the 1700 hospitals and clinics within the va system. but it is unacceptable. the one thing he is doing right now. that we need to point out. he is calling all 1,700 veterans, by close of business this friday, with the name of a private physician, to get taken care of. i know we talked about politics. a news channel. my concern like brother and sisters concern is, making sure we are taking care of veterans. the 1700 on this phan...