White
House Press Secretary Jay Carney wound up with egg on his face Monday as
he told reporters that President Barack Obama first learned from a TV
news report that his Veterans Administration was denying medical care to
vets with secret off-the-books-waiting lists.
But
new evidence emerged this morning that his transition team was notified
five years ago about how VA medical centers' official wait-list times
bore little resemblance to reality and risked denying military heroes
critical health care.
The Washington Times reported
Monday that waiting times at veterans' medical facilities were known to
be wildly inaccurate at the end of the George W. Bush administration.
By the time Obama's transition team got a post-election briefing from
the VA at the end of 2008, scheduling failures were already reaching a
critical point.
The newspaper received a copy of that briefing through a Freedom Of Information Act request.
Obama
has come under fire before for saying he was made aware of
scandal-worthy shortcomings in his own administration by watching
television, including the IRS tea party-targeting scandal that rocked
Washington 12 months ago and the Operation Fast and Furious saga that
has tainted his Justice Department for years.
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I suppose next we will be hearing is that he would have known of the scandal sooner, but the dog ate the report. Besides, it was Bush's fault anyway, so at this point, what difference does it make?
ReplyDeleteWit a tip of the hat to Hillary. :)
DeleteIt seems the President knew nothing about the troubles with the VA cooking the books until…wait for it. He heard it on the news like the rest of us. What is this the second, third, fourth maybe fifth huge story he knew nothing about until he watched the news like the rest of us. Now if you have drunk the Obama Kool-Aid you see nothing wrong here. However, I feel maybe just perhaps the PRESIDENT should be a bit more informed than the general public. Here is a thought perchance someone could drive his golf cart and update him between holes. Just an idea! Seriously if he was the captain of a ship he would be arrested for neglecting his duties while some third mate run the ship aground.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait there is light at the end of the tunnel for the big O. It seems George Bush was at fault according to The Washington Times. Yes, the press still is covering Obama's ass. That sounds right I mean really who could expect Obama to get an update in only six years.
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:) That sounds like something that would be in the Post, not the Times.......?
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