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okaawhatever

(9,468 posts) Thu May 22, 2014, 11:52 PM May 2014

Boehner 'closer' to calling for ouster of U.S. Veterans Affairs chief

(Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday he is "getting closer" to asking Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign, saying he is still unconvinced that this would solve the agency's problems.

But another member of the House Republican leadership, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, broke ranks to join a growing list of lawmakers and candidates calling on Shinseki to quit.

"I believe new leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs is imperative to fixing the wrong that this massive bureaucracy has done to the men and women we owe so much to," McCarthy said in a statement.

Some Democrats also are starting to call for the retired four-star Army general to step down despite continued support from President Barack Obama, including representatives David Scott and John Barrow of Georgia.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/22/us-usa-politics-shinseki-idUSBREA4L13P20140522

I now have more reason to support Shinseki until and unless it's revealed he's responsible for the failures.

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Boehner 'closer' to calling for ouster of U.S. Veterans Affairs chief (Original Post) okaawhatever May 2014 OP

He's the scapegoat. JeffHead May 2014 #1

Of course Repukes didn't make a peep when Cheney was in office. VA? What VA? Rex May 2014 #2

JeffHead

(1,186 posts)

1. He's the scapegoat.

Reply to okaawhatever (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 12:45 AM

May 2014

Somebody has to be the fall guy for the Rethugs shitty treatment of veterans for the last 50 years. All they have done is cut funding for the VA several times and filibuster EVERY veterans bill that has recently come up in the Senate. They are always eager to send them to war but, they don't give a flying flip about them when they come home. Shinsecki will be their patsy to distract people from their atrocious record when it comes to vets. It's disgusting that they get away with this crap.

Rex

(65,616 posts)

2. Of course Repukes didn't make a peep when Cheney was in office. VA? What VA?

Reply to okaawhatever (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2014, 12:49 AM

May 2014

The VA was in shambles during the Dubya/Dick years. I don't expect the GOP to care about such blatant hypocrisy. It seems to be their bread and butter.

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