from getting an up or down vote. but i want to come back to general shinseki. when the va scandal broke and exposed the neglect our veterans faced, one of your early comments on the story was this. while it s certainly been an embarrassing period for the va, it s been a stunning period of dysfunction. well, there s one thing we can agree on, senator. it has been a stunning period of dysfunction and an embarrassment, but not just for the va, for the entire country and, yes, senator, for the congress. it is not enough for congress to stand and applaud a wounded veteran in its midst. congress must use its power of the purse to provide the support and resources our veterans need, deserve and have earned. will it cost money, senator? yes. but aren t our veterans worth it? sincerely, melissa.
investigation was true. hundreds of vets in phoenix were kept off the official books and not given appointments, possibly with deadly results. now, many people are asking, how long can the secretary keep his job? jim acosta has more from the white house. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of an internal audit shinseki is expected to hand over to the president any day now. how does he run the department if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? how does he conduct this investigation if he doesn t have the full confidence of the president? the president looks forward to the preliminary review t
and more lawmakers are calling for the va secretary, eric shinseki to resign. he speaks today before a homeless veterans group, a day after going to capitol hill and speaking privately with lawmakers. this as he seems to be losing the support of his boss, the president, all after the va s own probe found a cnn investigation was true. hundreds of vets in phoenix were kept off the official books and not given appointments, possibly with deadly results. now, many are asking, how long can shinseki keep his job? our jim acosta has more this morning for us from the white house. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to say whether shinseki has the confidence of the president. white house press secretary jay carney refused to answer that question of whether shinseki has the president s full backing. instead, carney said the president wants to see the findings of a
franchise. sterling bought the team in 1981 for just about $12.5 million. this morning we are set to hear publicly from va secretary eric shinseki as he fights to keep his job. the secretary is set to speak to a veterans advocacy group a day after he went to capitol hill for private meetings with top lawmakers. this amid the shocking revelations in an inspector general s report that, yes, a cnn investigation was correct, hundreds of veterans in phoenix were kept off the official waiting lists. this is a situation that may have led some veterans to die. so, more and more members of congress, including nearly a dozen democrats in the senate, say the secretary should resign. now he seems to be losing the support, or at least not gaining support from his boss, the president. jim acosta has more from the white house. reporter: john and christine, the writing may be on the wall for va secretary eric shinseki for the first time since the va scandal broke, the white house is declining to s
i ve urged secretary shinseki privately and in fact publicly to request and involve the department of justice. for the first time since the va scandal broke, vice-president joe biden speaking to verns at the and a half on naval observatory, addressed the scandal. that is a sacred obligation, and we re behind right now. the va is having problems. and we got to get to the bottom of it. we got to get to the bottom of it. the president and vice-president, along with the chairman of the joint chiefs, are still backing secretary shinseki. president obama is back in d.c. now after the unannounced trip to afghanistan to visit our troops. a look at his comments about the future of american forces there. we want to know, who are you remembering this memorial day? let us know on shepard smith s