the fact is the big problem right now is the fact that they were covering up the wait times for financial gain. so, we need to know the difficulty is not having transparency, you don t know what appropriations are necessary to make the v.a. run when there is not integrity and mismanagement in the organization. it needs a completely cleaning from top to bottom. the culture needs to change. i think the first step is certainly the firing of general shinseki. i want to thank him as a combat veteran with service in the army and marine corps. i want to thank him for his service. it did not translate in the v.a. it has a culture of mismanagement and fraud. congresswoman titus, you did not call for the resignation. why not? i think general shinseki is a
was not fired. what does it take to be fired by president obama? here with reaction is juan williams and colonel alan west. what does it take? does president obama not have the stomach to sign the pink slip? what is it? i m amused by that litany you just read. i think it is extreme. i don t think it s accurate, but i think you re on to a point about accountability. i think everybody has to be held accountable, but loyalty is all a factor. i think president obama is shy about throwing people under the bus. in the case of eric shinseki, there s a large dose of regret all around. nobody thinks he was out to hurt veterans. they think he s a decorated military hero, a general, someone who cared deeply about
say as the senior administrator, the secretary of the va that you were not aware of something that was going on? how can you say being in the white house as the president i just found out about it? i think it s really calling into question what type of internal briefings, what type of update reports, what type of statuses are being received or asked for by the obama administration by the people in charge up in washington dc of these government agencies and burr rock bureaucraciebureaucraci. i m very upset with the senate saying they need to deliberate more over a three-page report piece of legislation that just says we need to be able to hold va administrators responsible and fire them. i think there is a lot of cupbility in washington dc. shinseki s replacement has a big job ahead and president obama better see to it that he does do his job as commander in
hi, this is alan alda you are watching fox & friends, sometimes me, too. i m a friend. thank you, alan. that s the spirit. welcome in to fox & friends on this saturday morning. final day in may. abk it is so nice to see you. happy to have you back. did is you have a nice memorial day weekend? it was incredible. caught some trout. we have a jam backed show, governor mike huckabee is coming up. dana perino coming up live. victoria secret model andrea wow. first, dual resignation shake the white house and washington v.a. eric shinseki and press secretary jay carney. elizabeth is with us this morning. the week ended with two abrupt announcements. and a few minutes ago secretary shinseki offered me his own resignation. jay has become one much my closest friends and is a great press secretary.
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