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VA audit: Pressured schedulers masked wait times 05/31/2014 09:16am • Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here are highlights from an internal audit by the Department of Veterans Affairs that was ordered by Eric Shinseki, who resigned Friday as head of the agency:-- Meeting a 14-day wait-time target "for new appointments was simply not attainable" given the number of VA audit: Pressured schedulers masked wait times 05/31/2014 09:16am • Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here are highlights from an internal audit by the Department of Veterans Affairs that was ordered by Eric Shinseki, who resigned Friday as head of the agency:-- Meeting a 14-day wait-time target "for new appointments was simply not attainable" given the number of Shinseki had support of many vet groups until end 05/31/2014 08:48am • KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- He's one of them -- a disabled veteran who lost part of his right foot to a mine in Vietnam, a soldier who riled his superiors in the Bush years by telling Congress the U.S. needed more troops in Iraq than the administration wanted.That bond is why v Analysis: Seeking political gain over VA issues 05/31/2014 07:56am • DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike want it both ways when it comes to any misdeeds at veterans hospitals, each side accusing the other of seeking unseemly political gain from the misfortune of the nation's warriors, while simultaneously maneuvering Obama says goodbye to White House press secretary 05/31/2014 01:22am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- White House press secretary Jay Carney became the news instead of just delivering it Friday, when President Barack Obama unexpectedly interrupted the daily media briefing to announce Carney's resignation after three and a half years as his primary sp Kentucky VA agency appoints former Miss America 05/30/2014 06:01pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- A veterans advocate and former Miss America has been appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs.Gov. Steve Beshear announced Heather French Henry's appointment Friday.A few months after she was named Miss America in September 1999, French started the GOP lawmakers say Shinseki resignation not enough to fix VA's problems 05/30/2014 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has apologized publicly and resigned after a VA audit cited a failure of leadership as a root cause of the systemic problems plaguing the agency's health care system.But Republicans in Congress say Shinseki's resignation alone isn't enough Amid Va. calls to resign, VA's Shineski does so 05/30/2014 02:49pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Less than one day after Virginia's Democratic U.S. senators added their voices to the chorus seeking Eric Shineski's (shin-SEHK'-ee's) resignation, the embattled Veterans Affairs secretary has done just that.Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the Shinseki resigns amid veterans' health care uproar 05/30/2014 12:45pm • JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki apologized in public and then resigned in the privacy of the White House on Friday, driven from office by a mushrooming scandal over the agency's health care system that serves millions of the nation's former war How Obama responds when officials come under fire 05/30/2014 11:02am • NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- As President Barack Obama considers the fate of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, a look at how the president has responded when other officials in his administration have faced calls for their resignations:KATHLEEN SEBELIUS -- Obama stood by White House: Obama waiting on VA accountability 05/30/2014 10:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Barack Obama is waiting for a full investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs' health care system before deciding who should be held accountable.There are growing calls in Congress for Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign.White House press se Gareth Murray: Why You Should Vote For Me 05/30/2014 10:35am • We asked local candidates in contested primary elections to write a sub-750 word essay describing why residents should vote for them on June 24. Next is Gareth Murray, running for one of three District 16 House of Delegates seats in the Democratic primary. Below is Murray’s unedited response: VA secretary calls recent weeks challenging 05/30/2014 10:10am • PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The embattled secretary of Veterans Affairs says recent weeks have been challenging, but his agency takes caring for veterans seriously.Eric Shinseki is speaking to advocates for homeless veterans. It's the first time that he has spoken publicly si Embattled VA head to address homeless group 05/30/2014 10:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The embattled Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki (shin-SEHK'-ee) is to address a homeless veterans group on Friday.Shinseki faces calls to resign from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress because of an escalating scandal about problems in the VA's nationwide health Support falters as Shinseki fights for his job 05/30/2014 06:14am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki eroded quickly Thursday, especially among congressional Democrats facing tough re-election campaigns, even as Shinseki continued to fight for his job amid allegations of delayed medical ca