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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 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