May 29th – The latest IG report on the VA is not pretty. In Phoenix alone 1,700 vets requesting an appointment weren’t even on the waiting list, and others waited an avg. of 115 days to see a doctor. 42 facilities are now under review, and the WH response? Shinseki is on probation. Pathetic, what comes next O? Double secret probation? Even many Dems are now fed up. Shinseki: “The findings of the interim report of VA’s Office of Inspector General on the Phoenix VA Health Care ...System are reprehensible to me and to this department, and we are not waiting to set things straight.” Sorry General, not good enough. Not until you say this: 1) I have contacted the proper authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against those responsible. 2) I have eliminated the policy of bonuses for VA employees and demand the guilty parties return all bonus money received within the past ten years. That money will be distributed to the families of vets who have lost loved ones due to criminal behavior. & 3) I am resigning as of today. That sir … will begin to “set things straight