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A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Impatient American Legion wants crooked Veterans Affairs managers fired

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Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections John Daigh, from left, Department of Veterans Affairs Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin; retired Medical Director Samuel Foote, of the Diamond Community-Based Outpatient Center, Phoenix VA Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration; and Medical Director Katherine Mitchell of the Iraq and Afghanistan Post-Deployment Center, Phoenix VA Health Care System, Veterans Health Administration, testify during a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on

Delays contributed to patient deaths at veterans’ hospital, IG concedes

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Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections John Daigh, Jr., left, and Veterans Affairs Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin testify during a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Healthcare

Veterans Affairs IG couldn’t see records that didn’t exist for dead vets

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Dr. Sam Foote worked several decades at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)

Whistleblower calls IG report clearing VA of deaths a ‘whitewash’ or cover up

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A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

‘Inexcusable’ changes in Veterans Affairs IG report slammed by veterans’ groups

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A Department of Veterans Affairs employee who remodeled her home using taxpayer dollars was sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to one count of theft in federal court. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
Crime

Fed used tax dollars to build dream house

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Members of Arizona's congressional delegation wrote VA Secretary Robert McDonald, requesting that a new permanent director be named to the Phoenix VA hospital. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Healthcare

Permanent director needed for embattled Phoenix VA hospital, Arizona officials say

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A campaign ad run by Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., touting her efforts to aid the parents of a combat veteran who committed suicide in June 2013 after seeking help from Veterans Affairs, sparked a response from the acting director of the Phoenix VA health system, who illegally disclosed private medical information in his leaked email. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

VA critic slams Phoenix leak

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Owners of a North Carolina construction company face charges they fraudulently obtained federal contracts using preferences reserved for small businesses run by disadvantaged minorities or disabled veterans, according to federal prosecutors. (iStock)
Crime

Company owners charged with bilking federal preference programs

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Acting Veterans Affairs Inspector General Robert Griffin testifies before a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, on the current state of the VA healthcare system. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)
Healthcare

Medical examiners critical of Veterans Affairs IG

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