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2007-07-18 Home Front: WoT

VA head quits amid scrutiny over vet care

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I so tire of crap-o reporting.

First this:
Nicholson, 69, is the latest in a line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 1/2 years of the Bush administration.

Ah, yes, I guess this near 70 year old with no job prospects hated Bush Co. so much he just headed to the exits on his own accord.

But wait - there's more from our bi-polar reporter:

It also ends a beleaguered two-year tenure in which Nicholson repeatedly fought off calls for his resignation over the VA's unexpected $1.3 billion shortfall in 2005 that put health care at risk; last summer's theft of 26.5 million veterans' personal data in what was the government's largest security breach; and, more recently, the award of $3.8 million in bonuses to senior officials who were responsible for the agency's budget problems.

Posted by A T">A T 2007-07-18 02:55|| 2007-07-18 02:55|| Front Page Top

#2 just so I'm not misunderstood - I meant no offense to rantburg for its fine reporting of this news - just to the crap-o reporter who couldn't make up his mind how he wanted to spin it.

Posted by A T">A T 2007-07-18 02:59|| 2007-07-18 02:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Shock Corridor!

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-07-18 09:53|| 2007-07-18 09:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Good riddance! lost vet's data (twice) and crappy hospital care. Walter Reed was not entirely his fault but somebody had to go and it was deemed this loser drew the short straw.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-07-18 14:39|| 2007-07-18 14:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Just to keep the record straight: Walter Reed is a military hospital and is run by DoD. The VA has no part in running Walter Reed.

Posted by Cromert 2007-07-18 23:36|| 2007-07-18 23:36|| Front Page Top

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