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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nSharon Helman, the Phoenix, Arizona Veterans’ Affairs director who was at the center of the scandal there two years ago, is suing to get her job back. The Obama Administration is doing their level best to get her back behind hr desk, according to the Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday that the law fast-tracking firings is unconstitutional because VA employees cannot appeal a final decision by an administrative judge.<\/p>\n […]<\/p>\n The decision by Lynch is new evidence of the VA\u2019s faltering efforts to fire executives and employees when it deems them guilty of misconduct. It also undercuts a key reform passed by Congress in the months following the nationwide VA scandal, which erupted after a doctor in Phoenix said veterans were dying while waiting for care at the facilities overseen by Helman.<\/p>\n The Obama administration is sending the message that \u201cthe sanctity of a federal bureaucrat\u2019s job is far more important than the health and well-being of our veterans,\u201d said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Veterans have been a political ping-pong ball for both parties, but McCain is right in this instance – what’s the priority here? Caring for the injured or propping up the bureaucracy?<\/p>\n Lynch said the Justice Department will no longer defend the law in court against Helman and other challengers. But the Justice Department will continue to defend against the other constitutional violations charged in Helman\u2019s federal lawsuit.<\/p>\n Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs, said the loss of the reform law will allow \u201cthe Merit Systems Protection Board to continue second-guessing VA\u2019s efforts to discipline senior executives.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There’s your answer.<\/p>\n Thanks to Hack Stone for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"