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Hopes fade for quick Senate vote to help veterans 06/05/2014 03:22am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hopes faded late Wednesday that key senators could quickly craft a compromise bill that would help veterans facing long appointment waits at veterans hospitals and make it easier to fire administrators who covered up the delays.Senators had hoped to v Thousands of veterans left without doctor in NM 06/05/2014 01:20am • SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Albuquerque say as many as 3,000 patients were assigned to a doctor who didn't actually see them, a New Mexico congresswoman said Wednesday.The officials told U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Gri Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 06/04/2014 01:50pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___June 3Wall Street Journal on Obama's European solidarity:President Obama has been notably indifferent to Europe for five long years, but maybe Russia's aggression has given him a new focus. On Tues Republicans offer alternative VA health care bill 06/04/2014 07:00am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill proposed by four Senate Republicans would give veterans more flexibility to see a private doctor if they are forced to wait too long for an appointment at a Veterans Affairs hospital or clinic.Arizona Sen. John McCain and three other GOP senato Midwest VA hospitals also had secret waiting lists 06/04/2014 05:50am • JOHN MILBURN Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The problems with delayed care and unauthorized wait lists that caused a furor at a Veterans Affairs health care campus in Arizona existed at several facilities in the Midwest, but in much smaller numbers, VA officials said in letters to two U.S. se Reid vows quick Senate vote on VA health bill 06/03/2014 09:56am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A refashioned bill to address problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs Department should be approved by the Senate as soon as possible, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.The bill, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would give the VA au Senate to take up new VA bill after scandal 06/02/2014 04:06pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A refashioned bill to address problems plaguing the Veterans Affairs Department is on a "fast track" for consideration by the full Senate this month, according to the chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has sc Warnings on 'gaming' patient waits go back years 06/02/2014 07:00am • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The report this week confirming that 1,700 veterans were "at risk of being lost or forgotten" at a Phoenix hospital was hardly the first independent review that documented long wait times for some patients seeking health care from the Department of V North Anna exercise dress rehearsal to be held 06/02/2014 03:10am • LOUISA, Va. (AP) -- An upcoming exercise will test state and local response plans and procedures in the event of a radiological emergency at the North Anna nuclear power station.The exercise is scheduled for July 8. A dress rehearsal for the exercise will be held Tuesday.The Virginia Department o 10 things to know for Monday 06/02/2014 03:02am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. SWAP OF GUANTANAMO PRISONERS FOR US SOLDIER STIRS DEBATE U.S. officials say Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's health and safety appeared in jeopardy, prompting action to secur Vets around the country describe VA experiences 06/01/2014 05:20pm • The Associated Press The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs became an explosive political story this week, culminating with the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.The final straw appeared to be a report that described chronic wait times at the Phoenix hospital and found that about 1,700 vet Veterans Department to be led by career banker 06/01/2014 03:42pm • DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- After less than four months at the Veterans Affairs Department, Sloan D. Gibson suddenly finds himself in charge of fixing the problems that led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki."Sloan, I think, would be the first to acknowledge Shinseki resigns amid vets' health care problems 06/01/2014 08:14am • JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama's Cabinet Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a "lack of integrity" in the sprawli Analysis: Shinseki exit breaks Obama's crisis mold 06/01/2014 01:08am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.The resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday did not follow the usual arc of a crisis in the Obama administration.Obama prefers to not get sucked into a drama and cede in the heat of t South Dakota Senate race: ex-governor looms large 05/31/2014 04:20pm • HENRY C. JACKSON Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- As former Gov. Mike Rounds worked a room of young professionals, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate offered them a simple reason to vote for him Tuesday: The GOP is six seats away from controlling the Senate and retaking South Dakota