On this veterans day, president obama said he is still not satisfied with the department of veterans affairs. The president ordered a massive overhaul last year. After reports that many vets were forced to wait months for treatment. Now Margaret Brennan reports the va paid millions in bonuses some of it to doctors under investigation. Reporter dr. David houlihan former chief of staff at veteran center in tomah, washington was nicknamed the candyman, he allegedly dolled out high amount of pain medications to patients. Yet the va paid houlihan, a 400 4,000 performance bonus last year. Being fired earlier this week. The v. A. Paid out 143 million in performance bonuses to employees in 2014. Several under investigation or accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the House Veterans Affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. In a statement the v. A. Said it needs to pay bonuse
We must beat Hillary Clinton. Four minutes left. Im going to get my question right now. The irs, the department of commerce, the department of energy, the department of commerce. I just think the department of commerce is such a base of cronyism. We need to eliminate it twice. A crash of a private plane crashed into an Apartment Building in ohio. Rescue workers say there are no survivors. Winds and a potential for tornadoes on tap today from the rockies to the midwest. Former president jimmy carter receives good news. His doctors say his cancer has stopped spreading and he is responding well to treatment. The feds have smacked down new charges against three men accused in the largest ever financial hack. The data breach at these firms were breathtaking in scope and in size. Draftkings and fanduel have been declared illegal gambling site by the new York Attorney general. The Postal Service is apologizing for a mail carrier tossing a package onto on the front porch of a house near seattl
Accused of mismanagement, the list compiled by the House Veterans Affairs committee and jeff miller who said it is evidence of the va disturbing trend of rewarding employees who preside over corruption and incompetence. In a statement the v. A. Said it needs to pay bonuses to attract and retain top talent and did suspend payouts last year to some senior executives, following revelations employees falsified wait lists to meet targets. V. A. Secretary bob mcdonald brought on the fix the wait list scandal said the agency has made progress but congress is in the way. My vision is being held hostage by politics. What i am trying to do is to work with the members of congress to leave politics at the door and focus on veterans. Reporter now, charlie, mcdonald Needs Congress to approve a more than 1 billion funding increase he requested to to serve the 23 million veterans in this country. Thank you, margaret. Two Fantasy Sports web sites said today they will fight to stay in business in new yo
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