since that announcement, they put out a statement saying they applaud the compromise. they hope it gets done. between the bipartisan endorsements and bernie s smile, and the iava saying yes, politically, there ought to be nothing that can stop it. interesting about veterans groups, especially on days like today, this d-day commemoration, veterans groups in the u.s., at least the big ones, are usually treated with widespread respect, even deference when it comes to policy on veterans issues. that s why it was shocking recently when the opposite of that happened. this past memorial day, richard burr of north carolina put out this open letter ripping america s veterans organizations telling them they were doing a terrible job. he said the most recent senate hearing on the v.a. made it clear to him, specifically veterans groups testimony at the hearing, made it clear to
mccain to sign on to a deal with them. their expectation is their deal is going to bring enough republican votes to actually get this passed for veterans, so something might get done, and senator sanders beamed. i m not kidding, it caused spontaneous applause in the control room when he showed his pearly whites. since that announcement, they put out a statement saying they applaud the compromise. they hope it gets done. between the bipartisan endorsements and bernie s smile, and the iava saying yes, politically, there ought to be nothing to stop it. interesting about veterans groups, especially on days like today, this d-day commemoration, veterans groups in the u.s., at least the big ones, are usually treated with widespread respect, even deference when it comes to policy on veterans issues. that s why it was shocking recently when the opposite of that happened. this past memorial day, richard
today s we the tweeple, everyone from veterans groups to journalists to regular americans are weighing in on this morning s announcement that eric shinseki had resigned. let s start with veterans groups. here is a tweet from the american legion. shinseki resignation the beginning, not the total solution. #vaaccountability. and the iava seems to second that, tweeting, america s veterans will not accept the symbolic change of management alone. va secretary eric shinseki has resigned. now can we please focus on the real issue, fully funding the va. you can see shinseki s resignation is a step obama really did not want to take. and joe from indiana had had this to say. i want to thank you general shinseki for his service but
i was talking to gary just the other day and he said the exact same thing. paul, iava, thank you so much. thank you. we appreciate you. you got it. coming up next, hillary clinton fights back critics blaming her for the benghazi terror attack. an excerpt from her upcoming book leaked today. hear the tough words directed at republicans. [is engineered for comfort.hing that goes into a lennox system like parts that create your perfect temperature
unfortunately, 26 of the hospitals and clinks of the 1,700. cooked the books, ari. as i the mentioned, that is criminal negligence itch it led to one veteran dying. and general shinseki knows that. taking quick action. he need new do more. that s where i stand. a life member of vfw and iava. there needs to be a separate independent commission to get off to the bottom of it. heads need to roll. they have rolled. they need to continue to roll in a very, very near future. let me go, governor and look to the politics here. a lot of people care. we know about the politicking around veterans. let s listen to this against senator mark beggage. a national disgrace. veterans died waiting for care that never game. mark begich sits on the veterans affairs committee. the response, if there is a