but you say, literally, that veterans are dying and have died as a result of this shotty system at the phoenix va where they are literally just ignoring veterans until they die. explain. well, megyn, what happened was in february of 2013, they started a secret waiting list, it was a paper list. so when you would come in for an appointment. they would tap your information into the computer and rather than hit save, they would print it and there was actually no record you had been there in the computer. they would take that piece of paper up to has, up to the administration services and then they would enter that on a secret paper list at that time and shred the other document. and they never put you in the official computer and made a formal record until they actually could get you in within two weeks and that s how they doctored their numbers and sent them back to washington, correct? that s essentially correct, yes. so why would this administrator ms. helman and
but you say, literally, that veterans are dying and have died as a result of this shotty system at the phoenix va where they are literally just ignoring veterans until they die. explain. well, megyn, what happened was in february of 2013, they started a secret waiting list, it was a paper list. so when you would come in for an appointment. they would tap your information into the computer and rather than hit save, they would print it and there was actually no record you had been there in the computer. they would take that piece of paper up to has, up to the administration services and then they would enter that on a secret paper list at that time and shred the other document. and they never put you in the official computer and made a formal record until they actually could get you in within two weeks and that s how they doctored their numbers and sent them back to washington, correct? that s essentially correct, yes. so why would this administrator ms. helman and
it would be a very different world you will be facing today. but energy independence is the long term solution to what some ukrainians fear is a more immediate problem. they are concerned the russians may intend to undermine next month s elections be in order to be able to not declare legit i massey the outcome of those elections. president obama may drop the complement of troops in afghanistan after this year below what defense officials say is the minimum necessary to train afghan forces. reporter: u.s. military commanders have testified repeatedly that if they don t have enough troops in afghanistan post 2014, then the taliban and al qaeda could regain control over of the country. we ve used the guidance that we ve received in the nato in february of 2013 as a primary
them the hope is they will turn out to vote and maybe the numbers will change. and maybe those voters forget about this change called obamacare which has proven to be so unpopular. ed and michael, thank you both. south korea is raising concerns that the north maybe preparing to carry out another nuclear test days before the president visit. john hunt has more. reporter: the south korea minsistry is saying they have deducted activity that is similar to the preparations carried out before the last test in february of 2013. among the concerns is the placement of a large screen at the tunnel entrance of the site.
tallieded. 5,000 is below the level recommended by u.s. command to make sure taliban doesn t return. the general explains what he needs. for over a year, we have used guidance that we received at defense ministerial in nato in february of 2013 as our primary planning guide. that guidance was called for a force of eight to 12,000 nato forces to provide, train, advise, as sis at the afghan core level. reporter: that does not include several thousand more u.s. troops needed for counterterrorism operations. 5,000 u.s. troops would reflect a judgment that afghan forces are now up to the task of providing their own security. and remaining u.s. mission would focus mainly on counterterrorism, not training. we believe it is vitally important that we have a force that remains in afghanistan. there is nothing that shows commitment, like having people on the ground there every day. i think that provides confidence