Nation Jan 21 VA chief to Congress: You can’t fire your way to excellence WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is pushing back against claims by members of Congress that the VA has not fired enough people to turn around the scandal-plagued agency. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Nation Jun 26 Watch Whistleblowers come forward in Veterans Affairs scandal Jeffrey Brown talks to Dennis Wagner of The Arizona Republic about two whistleblowers who have emerged to make public accusations about problems within Veterans Affairs health system. One came forward with information about patients who died while waiting for medical… By PBS News Hour
Nation Jun 12 Senate passes bill that allows veterans to seek medical care outside VA system WASHINGTON — After two overwhelming votes in two days, members of Congress say they are confident they can agree on a bill to improve veterans' health care and send it to the president's desk by the end of the month. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press
Politics May 30 Watch Shields and Brooks on turning around the VA, defining Obama foreign policy Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including the resignation of VA Secretary Shinseki and President Obama’s foreign policy speech at West Point. By PBS News Hour
May 30 Watch Shinseki resigns, criticizing ‘systemic’ failures of VA health care system By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 30 Watch News Wrap: White House press secretary Carney steps down By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, President Obama announced that Jay Carney will resign as White House press secretary after three and a half years. Carney is being replaced by his deputy, Josh Earnest. Meanwhile, officials in northern India fired two… Continue watching
May 30 Temporary leader tasked with immediate reforms at Veterans Affairs By Darlene Superville, Associated Press "Sloan, I think, would be the first to acknowledge that he's going to have a learning curve that he's got to deal with," President Barack Obama told reporters Friday after announcing that Gibson would replace Shinseki temporarily. Continue reading
May 30 Obama accepts Shinseki’s resignation as VA secretary By Julie Pace, Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the White House on Friday, driven from office by a mushrooming scandal over the agency's health care system that serves millions of the… Continue reading
May 30 What will the next Veterans Affairs chief need to do? By Larisa Epatko President Obama on Friday accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, after a series of scandals regarding health care of veterans came to light. What does Shinseki’s resignation mean for the agency and what will his successor need… Continue reading