- Fri May 30, 2014 8:52 pm
#41072
The American people are outrage with how our Vets have been denied medical care and allowed to die in agony, those who try and tap dance around questions involved that matter as they are doing on Benghazi and the IRS will not be accepted. If any leader in the VA says they are invoking their legal rights not to discuss the matter, watch all hell break loose. The American people have had enough, the VA scandal was the last straw. When Carney tried to claim Obama only learned about problems in the VA after a round of golf two weeks ago...he was on his way out the door.
JON KARL: Does the president have confidence in Secretary Shinseki?
JAY CARNEY: Jon, the president addressed this question from the podium.
KARL: He wasn't asked directly does he have 'confidence' in Sec. Shinseki.
CARNEY: The president believes that -- and is confident that Sec. Shinseki has served his nation admirably, heroically as a soldier, as a general, and that he has accomplished some very important things as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and I listed them, but they include extending education benefits, reducing veteran homelessness, and reducing the size of the backlog for disability claims while expanding vastly the number of veterans who can make a claim.
KARL: But does the president right now have confidence in Sec. Shinseki, yes or no? It's a very simple yes or no question. You told us last week he did have confidence, does he have confidence now?
CARNEY: What I would point you to is what the president said--
KARL: But he wasn't asked directly if he was confident.
CARNEY: And I don't have to
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