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Inmates have been put on death row for. That was my thinking. As this illustrates, there is no perfect, ideal way to do it. Things are going to be slightly different. Most of us are in the same place. When i look at my story davids story, my story, they look alarmingly similar. You might think we colluded. They often have a very similar lead, a similar first quote. Newspaper work is, in a way a fairly narrow kraft. Wouldnt you concerned, though if we actually differed on the outcome, who won and who lost . The thing is, they are both wrong. What you really found from that that there are seven justices who didnt question the constitutionality of the Death Penalty. What i thought was stirring was that it was a narrow but i thought the end of my lead was unequivocal directive that states could experiment with ways to execute people and the court wasnt going to get in the way of that. Obviously, as you said i this i i put it in the fou ....
Shameful. Thank you, dr. Head. Let me just say also that the retaliation isnt limited to employees of the v. A. But also patients who step forward. And in colorado we had a case last year where a patient gave a statement to an Investigative Reporter and called the v. A. And talked to the Public Affairs individual for that particular visit and the Public Affairs person said you dont want to talk to this person. He is a patient undergoing psychiatric care. I sent a letter to the secretary of Veterans Affairs and never gotten a response to this date. Our thanks to the witnesses. You are now excused. Today we have had a chance to hear about problems that exist within the department of Veterans Affairs. ....
qualified cadre of staff and pursuing accreditation of all eligible prosthetic laboratories in va s amputation system of care. we are improving our oversight and management of prosthetics purchasing and inventory management to better utilize resources that we have been appropriated by congress and to serve america s veterans. we appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss this important program. my colleagues and i are prepared to answer your questions. thank you. thank you, dr. beck. for your testimony and for being here today. i have a number of questions. a lot of it is based on what we heard from the three previous panels, especially the veterans and the veterans service organizations. i think they provide for us a reliable source of information and they identify needs for us. my first question is, what was the impetus behind the change, you heard the concern from the previous panels. what was the impetus behind the change in the procurement p ....
have profit and overhead of a contract vendor. we also in our second report we address va s prosthetic supply inventory management and offered a comprehensive perspective of the suitability of vha s prosthetic management supplies and procedures. we also recommended vha replace its current inventory systems with a modern inventory system. we reported that strengthening va s management of prosthetic supplies inventories in its va medical centers will reduce costs and minimize the risks of supply expiration and disruption to patient care due to supply shortages. for almost 60% of the inventoried prosthetic items, va mcs did not maintain optimal inventory levels. for almost 93,000 envenn toirin items, inventories exceeded current needs for approximately 43,000 items for the inventories were too low for 10,000 items. further, we saw that documentation for an annual required wall to wall physical inventory had not been performed. this occurred because va mcs did not consisten ....
dod areas of expertise i ve highlighted but i think we found that really, they ve not stuck there. they ve transitioned very quickly to va which was somewhat of a surprise to me. i could get back with specific numbers at specific times but there s a nice chart that shows over four or five years they re almost all in the va. great. thank you very much. mr. reyes. thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for being late. as you know, we have competing hearings taking place. in the regard of in fort bliss we have the wounded warrior transition center and one of the one of the questions that i get asked is the research and development that is going on in the area of prosthetics. can any of you comment on what kind of r & d is going on? because i know just seeing the kinds of prosthetics that are being used today from my viewpoint, it s phenomenal, but i m not sure that i understand where that r & d s taking place for prosthetics. sir, i apologize, i don t know the an ....