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Good for Crowley. First instance I have seen of a newscaster asking a pertinent and obvious but somehow taboo question of a politician.
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Not just a failure of oversight but a FAILURE OF FUNDING BY CONGRESS! (sorry about yelling).
VA management is not the only problem.
with adequate funding many of the problems in the VA would get resolved. This should not be a political football. We as a nation owe medical care to our veterans. it’s the least we can do. And then there’s lack of jobs, suicide rates, homelessness all of which are higher in returning vets.
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“…Sure, everybody probably is culpable in this, but we’re doing what we’ve been asked to do…”
Hold it right there. Let’s focus on the “you’re culpable” part.
Crowley has targeted the central biggest story in this mess, the failure of Congress to do its job. Given a political structure where Congress drives the media message (always away from itself), here is a chance for journalists to justify their spot in the First Amendment.
We already know Congress is “only” going to do what Congress asks of itself. The truth is Congress is broken. That’s a HUGE story. Question every Senator or Representative who dares to raise his sanctimonious head, and ask, “Where were you? Why did you fail our troops?”
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That was a good start. But she should have brought up their
voting record… Which senator/congressperson voted
to BLOCK / DEFUND Veterans.
Their votes are a matter of public record… STOP THE BS…
“Sure, everybody probably is culpable in this”
Ongoing care issues utterly confused by a skimmer media skillfully spun from the culpable, rotting entrails of GOP psyop campaigners…Lots of smoke, no resolution.
Oversight is the job on Congress and not the President. That is true today and was true under Bush as well. We know who should be stepping up and taking responsibility for their inaction…but don’t hold your breath while they continue to finger point and disavow their inaction.
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Bro darr, we spend more on our military than the next fifteen nations combined, twelve of whom are our allies. And yet, we have this tragedy. Clearly the money is going elsewhere, not where it’s needed.
And you are quite correct: it’s not just about the VA. These people come home broken, physically and mentally, and they’re living under bridges and their families are on food stamps. And some in Congress want to cut those, too.
We rushed to war in Iraq with, as Rumsfeld put it, the army (sic) we had, not the one we wanted. Shinseki told us it would require many more troops than they planned, and lost his job for it – meanwhile Bush conscripted the National Guard and private contractors to fill the gaps. No plans were made for their return home. It’s a disgrace.
They are far too busy investigating Benghazi and trying to repeal a law they will never repeal.
Congress has the power to fix the VA yet they won’t. It’s as simple as that. Anything Obama tries to do for veterans will be opposed. It’s disgraceful. And for me this issue isn’t just in my thoughts on Memorial Day.