the veteran s first court date is next wednesday. president obama now trying to head off the growing veteran s affairs scandal after weeks of silence. he is finally expressing outrage but still de p fending his administration. doug luzader is live from washington, too little too late? the president is waiting to see some more information on this. he s not sure whether all of these problems cropping up around the country are isolated incidents or part of a distemic failure. he is expecting some anger. if these allegations prove to be true it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful and i will not tolerate it, period. this came after the president met with va secretary eric shinseki. there has been a lot of questions about whether shinseki would be fired because of this. he wasn t fired yesterday but he wasn t at the president s side as mr. observe spoke at the