{"id":49211,"date":"2014-05-30T09:23:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T13:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=49211"},"modified":"2014-05-30T09:40:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-30T13:40:35","slug":"shinseki-hot-seat-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=49211","title":{"rendered":"Shinseki Hot Seat News"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to CNN<\/a>, the President says that he’s going to have a “serious conversation” with Department of Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki about whether or not he can continue in his job. I wonder why they haven’t had this “serious conversation” last week…or the week before. <\/p>\n

Shinseki talked to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and told them that now, because of the VA OIG’s report, he’s going head-hunting at the Phoenix VA hospital;<\/p>\n

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki says he’s initiated the removal of senior leaders of the Phoenix VA medical center. He made the remarks in an address at an annual conference for the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans in Washington.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know, because he didn’t know about it before. In the Army, we would have said that this is a result of the “command climate”, in other words, people were acting with the same attitude that the commander projected. If the commander didn’t care about something, no one else did, either. <\/p>\n

Shinseki was only concerned with numbers, so all of his subordinates acted in a way that pleased Shinseki. So manipulating the numbers was their only focus. I’m sure the folks across the country in the VA hospitals that are under the gun now are shocked that Shinseki is tossing them under the bus, because they were only doing what he expected of them. <\/p>\n

My only concern is who will replace him. I’m pretty sure that there is no one in the wings who is capable of straightening the agency out. Coby sent us this link to News Leader<\/a> where the editorial board thinks Jim Webb would be a good choice, but I’m no fan of Jim Webb. He sent me a copy of his latest book to review and I can’t summon the intestinal fortitude to slag through the thing – because I just don’t like Jim Webb. Although, Webb would be forced to abandon his Senate seat which would be good.<\/del><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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