veterans who are are paying the price for it are in hospitals or can t even get seen in hospitals. it s gotten all of a sudden so much worse. it s gone so far below the baseline that it it is outraging people. if you know a veteran, you go help him because that person who is going into a v.a. hospital may not come out alive. big development in benghazi. today speaker of the house john boehner announcing the house will form a select committee to investigate the benghazi attack. not only are we trying to get questions with respect to benghazi. we are also now investigating what appears to be a white house coverup. secretary of state john kerry has been subpoenaed by house oversight. a year ago he said with respect to benghazi if you are having any trouble getting information, let me know. well, mr. secretary, we are going to let you know. we are not getting the information. to former white house spokesman tommy veiter down played the talking points controversy is is a giant u
corruption. you say that lois lerner is at least involved in a criminal conspiracy. so, now what? where does that leave you? well, it leaves us at odds with the president who initially said this was awful. he was going to get to the bowl of it. and then turned it into yet another one of those it s not scandal and it s just republicans. well, it s not just republicans. there is no question this is a scandal. it s a scandal of epic proportions. big enough that it could bring down a presidency. the veterans affairs scandal growing by the minute. the v.a. has always been problematic. disturbing allegations of treatment, delays and preventable deaths now under investigation in more than two dozen v.a. facilities nationwide. that includes the phoenix hospital where 40 veterans died. allegedly while waiting for treatment. this is shameful under any circumstances. it is 10 times more shameful because it s being done to the men and women who have put their lives on the line. a
veterans who are are paying the price for it are in hospitals or can t even get seen in hospitals. it s gotten all of a sudden so much worse. it s gone so far below the baseline that it it is outraging people. if you know a veteran, you go help him because that person who is going into a v.a. hospital may not come out alive. big development in benghazi. today speaker of the house john boehner announcing the house will form a select committee to investigate the benghazi attack. not only are we trying to get questions with respect to benghazi. we are also now investigating what appears to be a white house coverup. secretary of state john kerry has been subpoenaed by house oversight. a year ago he said with respect to benghazi if you are having any trouble getting information, let me know. well, mr. secretary, we are going to let you know. we are not getting the information. to former white house spokesman tommy veiter down played the talking points controversy is is a giant u
you say that lois lerner is at least involved in a criminal conspiracy. so, now what? where does that leave you? well, it leaves us at odds with the president who initially said this was awful. he was going to get to the bowl of it. and then turned it into yet another one of those it s not scandal and it s just republicans. well, it s not just republicans. there is no question this is a scandal. it s a scandal of epic proportions. big enough that it could bring down a presidency. the veterans affairs scandal growing by the minute. the v.a. has always been problematic. disturbing allegations of treatment, delays and preventable deaths now under investigation in more than two dozen v.a. facilities nationwide. that includes the phoenix hospital where 40 veterans died. allegedly while waiting for treatment. this is shameful under any circumstances. it is 10 times more shameful because it s being done to the men and women who have put their lives on the line. and it worked
what is it? leave no crisis go to waste. pour money on the fire when instead they should be solving the problem with these executives who have created this mess. but do you think the government is capable of delivering an efficient veterans health service? absolutely not. then the nature of the problem is not management, it is not money. the nature of the problem exactly. is government, correct? government run health care, which is absurd. the fact of the matter is this bill we re trying to allow veterans who voided over 61 days to seek private medical care. they must agree upon that. the thing is the v. amt is fighting that. you know why they re fighting that? because it will break up the government monopoly on their health care and the v.a. is hanging on hook, sinker with this. they want to make sure they ve proving they can do this. they haven t done it for decades. it s been filled with mismanagement for years.