
The Department of Veterans Affairs racked up over 10,000 serious breaches of privacy since 2011, making it “the nation’s most prolific violator of laws protecting patients’ personal medical information,” as the Washington Examiner puts it.
by John Hayward6 Jan 2016, 12:36 PM PST0

Sen. Marco Rubio is trying to reverse the cuts from President Barack Obama’s sequestration plan, which the president fled from in a panic after it failed to intimidate Republicans, and once automatic cuts to domestic spending went into effect as well.
by John Hayward5 Nov 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

Veterans lashed out against Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton for her comments about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) scandal.
by Mary Chastain27 Oct 2015, 12:49 PM PST0

On Friday, Hillary Clinton, denying reality once again, claimed that the Veterans Affairs scandals plaguing the Department of Veterans Affairs have been blown out of proportion by Republicans who want the department to fail.
by William Bigelow25 Oct 2015, 5:22 PM PST0

Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued the VA scandal is not “as widespread as it has been made out to be” and Republicans “want it to fail, so then we can argue for privatization” in an
by Ian Hanchett23 Oct 2015, 7:51 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), responsible for overseeing whistleblower disclosures and investigating whistleblower retaliation throughout the federal government, expects to receive over 1,400 “prohibited personnel practices complaints” from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees in 2015 alone.
by Edwin Mora22 Sep 2015, 12:23 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated of the VA, “we’re going to create a whole new system. We’re going to take the system apart,” “and if they’re not doing the job” vets would be reimbursed for outside care from private
by Ian Hanchett15 Sep 2015, 7:03 PM PST0

More than 300,000 veterans may have died before their applications for medical care filed in the Department of Veterans Affairs enrollment system were ever reviewed, according to a recent government report.
by Alex Swoyer3 Sep 2015, 7:59 AM PST0

A Missouri patio and staircase comprised of military gravestones has prompted an investigation by the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs Office Inspector General.
by William Bigelow18 Aug 2015, 8:43 PM PST0

It shows that more than 238,000 veterans out of roughly 847,000 have died after applying for health care through the VA – but never receiving it. The Washington Times reported that VA spokeswoman Walinda West stated that there isn’t a way of removing the names of dead applicants off the list.
by Alex Swoyer14 Jul 2015, 9:13 AM PST0

It’s a year later. Nobody ever really got fired over the VA debacle. And while we’re hopefully past the business of supervisors cooking the books to collect performance bonuses, according to the New York Times, the waiting lists are worse than ever.
by John Hayward22 Jun 2015, 3:22 PM PST0

Former United States Navy Veteran, Certified National Recruiter, and Commander of the Elm Grove Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Vernon Anderson told Breitbart News exclusively that the Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ Gun Lock push is “another Obama back door gun control measure.”
by Alex Swoyer26 May 2015, 12:45 PM PST0

How about a few of you high-rolling elected officials try making do with a bit less luxury, and personally donate some of the obscene profits you’ve skimmed off hard-working taxpayers through endless decades of “service” to the VA? That would really be something to talk about next Memorial Day, wouldn’t it?
by John Hayward25 May 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

It’s Accountability Theater, and we get a fresh performance every time scandals explode in the Obama Administration, because they know the public has a short attention span, and their faithful media has an even shorter one.
by John Hayward24 Apr 2015, 7:30 AM PST0

CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin expanded on his prior report on VA wait times in Los Angeles, saying that “thousands of patients at the greater Los Angeles veterans medical centers have been waiting more than 3 months just for an
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 5:31 PM PST0

CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin reported that administrators in a VA facility in Los Angeles are “fudging the numbers, hiding real wait times” on Friday’s broadcast of “The Lead.” “Sources tell us a coverup of numbers is still going
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 1:42 PM PST0

Given both the crisis still in progress at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the controversy over NBC News’ Brian Williams getting in trouble for a phony story of taking fire in Iraq, this was not a good moment for a combo scandal in which the new VA Secretary, Robert McDonald, got caught making a false claim of serving with U.S. Special Forces.
by John Hayward24 Feb 2015, 11:18 AM PST0

“As a new generation of veterans comes home, we owe them every opportunity to live the American Dream they helped defend,” said President Obama in his 2015 State of the Union address on Tuesday night. He praised a national campaign organized by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden for helping “nearly 700,000 veterans and military spouses get new jobs,” asserting that “already, we’ve made strides” to improve life for veterans in America.
by John Hayward21 Jan 2015, 9:43 AM PST0