Past five or six years. But i think pretty obviously its a misallocation of the those resources. Mr. Collard. Not only a misallocation, but perhaps just looking the other way when you have the resources. I think i heard on monday night the fact, chairman miller, that you raised a specific financial number thats been invested or been provided for i. T. And i. T. Related services. The question was raised, wheres the money . And so whether its whether its misallocation or just, perhaps, an ignoring of those funds available, perhaps, leads to the current state. Dr. Mccaughey. Yes. The v. A. Budget has increased 173 from the year 2000 through 2012. That in inflation adjusted terms is 72 . The increase in total v. A. Patients was 69 . So the funding increased at a faster pace than the number of patients who had to be treated. And the number of acute care patients who need costly care increased only 49 . So the v. A. Funding should have been adequate to meet the increased demands on the syste
Heard from him directly and yet he is tweeting. This time about the election outcome and talking about fox news. He has not been tweeting about the pandemic as far as we can see. We can tell you what he is not doing, allowing the president elect to briefings and funding he is entitled to during the transition period, object strulkti strul obstructing access to the transition team. We are told by sources, one item on his agenda before his tenure ends is pardons. Who will he pardon . A list may be on the horizon. Names include the highest echelons of the president s inner circle, family members, perhaps trump himself. I want to bring in jamie gangel. Jamie, we have been digging on this, our team has been. Who is on the list, if the president tries to pardon himself, is that a realistic possibility, something you heard from your sources i may want to do . They think it is a possibility. Look, it takes a village to do this reporting. You did some of it, evan, jeremy herb. We are hearing th
Complains there. Chirp never materialized at all. Contesting results without bringing any facts to the table, and theyre doing this over and over again, so they know they know what theyre doing they know why their strategy is failing so what outcome are they really looking for here . Look, brianna, the outcome is President Trumps repeated attempt to delegitimatize the election. Part that more than 300, nearly 400 we have seen in emails trying to raise money. We have seen state after state where republicans are stepping up. And the republican governor of arizona as well is also signing off on the certification. They are being crime out. Thank you for the great report i ing. It is the top of the hour. I am brianna keilar. Theres new hope that an effective vaccine is closer. With millions of doses just weeks away. This is why a successful november is the worst month of the pandemic so far with more than 4 million cases report ed more 93,000 hospitalizations were reported. The rise in case