Saturday, May 17, 2014

Veterans Affairs official resigns as White House says there's 'just a suggestion' of scandal | WashingtonExaminer.com

Veterans Affairs official resigns as White House says there's 'just a suggestion' of scandal | WashingtonExaminer.com: President Obama's spokesman maintained to reporters that there was "just a suggestion" of a scandal at the Veterans Affairs Department -- and then, minutes later, a VA official who testified before Congress on Thursday about employees cooking the books resigned.

"You're saying there's a suggestion that something terrible happened in Phoenix, and that's under investigation; all we know is its a suggestion," White House press secretary Jay Carney told ABC's Jonathan Karl while defending Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki during Friday's press briefing. "We should just accept allegations as true without investigating them?"

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