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VA Spends Close to $500 Million on Conference Room, Office Makeovers Under Obama… UPDATE: President requests 3 percent increase for VA budget

Posted on May 16, 2014 by admin
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Via WFB:

President Barack Obama has increased the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget each year since he took office, claiming the funds would give veterans the health care they deserve. However, an analysis of records show the agency has spent close to $500 million solely on office furniture under the Obama administration.

This upcoming fiscal year Obama requested a 3 percent increase for the Veterans Affairs budget. Obama’s FY 2015 budget request points out he has increased the VA discretionary budget by 35.2 percent since 2009 so veterans continue to access necessary services.
“VA’s 2015 budget provides the necessary resources to allow us to serve our veterans who selflessly served our nation,” stated the president’s FY 2015 budget.


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http://news.thepatriotnation.net/201...for-va-budget/

VA Chief To Withhold Information From Congress, Citing Ongoing Investigation

8:02 AM 05/15/2014
Patrick Howley
Political Reporter

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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Eric Shinseki will cite an ongoing inspector general investigation as his reason not to provide information to Congress when he appears before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Thursday morning.
Shinseki will testify in response to revelations that a VA medical center in Phoenix kept a secret waiting list that led to preventable veteran deaths. Whistleblowers subsequently revealed malpractice with regard to patient wait times in at least four other VA medical facilities. The national commander of the American Legion, which has called for Shinseki to resign, will join other veteran groups in testifying at the 10 AM hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
But Shinseki plans to avoid providing information, CNN reports, that he says could interfere with an inspector general investigation that he invited.
“I am personally angered and saddened by any adverse consequence that a veteran might experience while in, or as a result of, our care,” Shinseki said in prepared testimony to be submitted to the committee.
“In response to allegations about scheduling and delays at the Phoenix VA, I invited an independent investigation by the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) to conduct a comprehensive, thorough and timely review,” Shinseki said. ”If these allegations are true, they are completely unacceptable — to veterans, to me and to our dedicated [Veterans Health Administration] employees. If they are substantiated by OIG, responsible and timely action will be taken.”
Philip Matkovsky, assistant deputy under secretary for health for administrative operations in Shinseki’s VA, said that “The system [for scheduling veteran appointments] is largely unchanged” since it was first established in 1985. A House committee voted last week to subpoena Shinseki for information about deadly wait times. The White House dispatched deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors to help lead the VA cleanup process.
The Daily Caller previously reported that VA employees purged veteran medical records at a VA facility in Los Angeles as part of a nationwide “mass purge” of backlogged patient exam requests. VA acknowledged that medical records were purged at a facility it oversaw in New Mexico. The agency’s backlog of severely delayed veteran benefit claims stands at more than 300,000 claims.

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HERE’S SOME BS: Vets Die While a Transvestite Traitor gets VIP Health Care

By Clash Daily / 16 May 2014





During the past couple of weeks we’ve learned more of the obscene tactic at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals accused of creating secret appointment lists to hide wait times for our veterans. At first, it was the shock of learning about the deaths of 40 of our patriots may be due to this obscenity at the VA in Phoenix.

Now it seems that may just be the tip of the iceberg. A whistleblower has come forward claiming Chicago’s Hines VA Medical Center also keeps secret lists in order to falsify the appointment wait times. CBS News spoke with VA social worker Germaine Clarno, who is alleging the lists are not just to game the required appointment wait time, but also to collect bonuses for doing so.
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Politico reports the Pentagon has approved convicted traitor Bradley Manning for transfer from prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to a civilian prison so he can receive “gender treatment.” Manning, convicted of sending classified documents to WikiLeaks, has changed his name to “Chelsea,” wants hormone therapy and other medical treatment so he can realize his true self. Or something.

You see, doctors have diagnosed Manning with “gender dysphoria,” or the feeling of being a woman trapped in a man’s body. The New York Daily News reports: “By November, a military doctor there [at Leavenworth] had approved a treatment plan, including hormone therapy, but it was sent higher up the chain of command for consideration, according to a complaint filed by Manning in March over the delay in getting treatment.”
Read more: Washington Times


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