A new forecast on the Veterans Affairs scandal to tell you about. An internal audit released today shows that more than 121,000 are experiencing long wait times. More than 60,000 are waiting for their first appointments, the va is eliminating its 60 day goal for first appointments finding its not attainable. Mike viqueria is in washington for us. Do these numbers show how by the problem is . Well, tony, this is the first in a series of reports, when that report emanated in the phoenix facility, the problems run very deep that theyre not going away and its going to take quite some time to fix them. Just look at this report, tony, among the findings, the system is just too overwhelmed to meet that 14 day threshold. That was an incentive for a lot of the folks to cook the books because there was no way in the world they were going to meet that 14 day threshold. Also, you look at one of the other findings. The Computer Systems are antiquated within the va. Its almost unconscionable. They a
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Originally a majority of states signed on to common core but earlier this year indiana was the first to back out and now as opposition grows here in louisiana some state lawmakers have pushed to do the same. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. When i was pregnant, i got more advice than i knew what to do with. What i needed was information i could trust, on how to take care of me and my baby. United healthcare has a Simple Program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and gu
Now as opposition grows here in louisiana some state lawmakers have pushed to do the same. Ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. When i was pregnant, i got more advice than i knew what to do with. What i needed was information i could trust, on how to take care of me and my baby. United healthcare has a Simple Program that helps moms stay on track with their doctors and get care and guidance they can use before and after the baby is born. Simple is what i need right now. Thats health in numbers, unit
The Bush Administration's National Strategy for Homeland Securityidentified six critical mission areas to focus federal efforts onthe objectives of preventing terrorist attacks, reducing America'svulnerabilities to terrorism, and minimizing the damage andrecovering from attacks that do occur. An analysis of spendingpriorities suggests that most of the proposed major programs fallinto one of the six critical mission areas. It is not clear,however, that in every case the level of resources requested isadequate to meet the critical goals the Administration hasestablished in its strategy or that these efforts are appropriateto address future threats. In particular, while notable progresshas been made in virtually every critical mission area, shortfallsin maritime security top the list of concerns.