welcome back to taking the himpt the story broke taking the hill. the story broke a year ago the allegation that dozens of veterans had died at the care facility in phoenix. at several facilities employees were doctoring records after wait time. gaming the system. while an internal awedility found no auto audit found no proof that it directly caused death, it found more than 120,000 veterans were forced to wait month for medical care if it came. the scandal brought the downfall of v.a. secretary shinseki. in his place, an outsider was brought in, bob mcdonald. west point graduate, paratrooper, who had retired as ceo of procter and gamble. i sat down with secretary mcdonald this week. we began by discussing the routes of the v.a. caring for america s troops who did not make it home from war.
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time. it wasn t just phoenix or sharon or just the director. this goes all the way to the v.a. secretary. a congressional testimony last may, then v.a. secretary eric shinseki denied knowledge of falsified waiting. people quote, unquote, cooking the books. i m not aware, other than a number of isolated cases where there is evidence of that. reporter: that stands in contrast to another sworn statement in the appeal. that of susan bowers. she says he was pressured to report the hospital was in compliance after she reported it was not. she claimed to have frequently briefed secretary shinseki about the patient backlog years before the scandal broke. despite the exoneration they upheld her firing.
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