Obama: US takes VA neglect claim ‘very seriously’

Published April 28, 2014 4:00am ET



MANILA, Philippines — President Obama says the U.S. will get to the bottom of whether veterans were denied help they needed at a VA hospital in Arizona.

Obama says he immediately ordered Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to investigate following allegations that up to 40 Arizona veterans died while awaiting medical appointments at the Phoenix VA Health Care Center.

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