{"id":48507,"date":"2014-05-22T16:17:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=48507"},"modified":"2014-05-22T16:17:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T20:17:34","slug":"shinseki-wont-leave-democrats-wont-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=48507","title":{"rendered":"Shinseki won’t leave, Democrats won’t vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends us a link to the Washington Post<\/a> in which they report that Shinseki has no plans to leave his post at the Veterans’ Affairs Department;<\/p>\n

“I came here to do one thing: Which is to take care of veterans and families. We\u2019ve run hard for five years, I think we have good things to show for it, there\u2019s more to be done,” he said.<\/p>\n

VA officials began a nationwide audit of facilities this week and Shinseki said the review is “about halfway through.” He expects to be able to present Obama with some initial findings by next week.<\/p>\n

Asked if he had offered his resignation to Obama, Shinseki said: \u201cNo. You guys know me better than that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, the only people he has taken care of is VA employees, VA employees that the Democrats in the Senate want to protect, too. Yesterday, the House sent a bill to the Senate that would make it easier for Shinseki to clean house at the VA, but, according to the Washington Free Beacon<\/a>, Democrats blocked Marco Rubio’s request that they vote on the Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act (which passed the House in a bipartisan vote of 390 to 33) immediately, but the Senate Democrats would rather dither;<\/p>\n

Senator Bernie Sanders, a union-backed socialist from Vermont, objected on behalf of Senate Democrats to Rubio\u2019s request. Instead of taking any action now, Sanders said he is going to hold a hearing\u2014several weeks from now.<\/p>\n

Sanders, who chairs the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, has been one of the most outspoken defenders of the VA against allegations of misconduct. When asked about reports of multiple deaths related to long wait times at the VA healthcare system, Sanders told CNN: \u201cPeople die every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) on Thursday offered a lukewarm assessment of the House-passed legislation, describing it as \u201cnot unreasonable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, it is no surprise that Shinseki thinks that he can keep his job since the politicians have his back. I guess enough veterans haven’t died yet, so Shinseki still has work to do. Maybe if they can stretch this out long enough, Americans will move on to the next shiny object and they can put this one in the ‘win’ column, too, while no one is paying attention. Incompetent boobery wins again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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