Milbank, Tapper & Army Times; Shinseki must go
Our friend, Dana Milbank at the Washington Post and the editorial staff at the Army Times have both finally reached the conclusion that Eric Shinseki the Secretary of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs might be the problem at the department. From Milbank;
Worse was Shinseki’s response when he finally appeared before a congressional committee Thursday to answer questions about the scandal. He refused to acknowledge any systemic problem and declined to commit to do much of anything, insisting on waiting for the results of yet another investigation.
“If any allegations are true,” Shinseki told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, “they’re completely unacceptable to me.”
“If any are substantiated by the inspector general,” he said, “we will act.”
If?
Is there not already evidence of VA appointment schedulers cooking the books?
From the Army Times;
Simply put, things are getting worse, not better, in VA medical care. Veterans are the victims of systemic incompetence, negligence and possibly malfeasance.
In situations such as this, the buck must stop at the top: After five years on the job, it is time for VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down.
Finally, Jake Tapper at CNN asks how many dead veterans does this president need before he comes to realize that Shinseki “isn’t the best steward of these veterans”;
Nice of you guys to catch up to the opinions of all of the veterans at This Ain’t Hell, finally.
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MSM arousing themselves? Must be a very slow news day.
I might add, “…systemic incompetence, negligence and possibly malfeasance” is pretty much the motto of this administration; top to bottom.
“MSM rousing themselves?”. According to HotAir only one of the Sunday morning talk shows is covering this issue. The MSM lapdog are hard at work trying to find something, anything, else to talk about.
General Beret continues his traditional approach of lies and incompetence, not to mention his incompetent lies.
If anyone thinks getting rid of an incompetent boob will fix anything with an organization that is the very definition of an inefficient and corrupt bureaucracy (aka VA), there’s a world of disappointment heading your way.