WASHINGTON (AP) — The chief medical inspector for the Department of Veterans Affairs has retired, following a report that his office downplayed whistleblower complaints outlining serious problems at VA facilities across the country, acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said Wednesday.
Dr. John R. Pierce had served as medical inspector since 2004 and was deputy medical inspector for two years before that.
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