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FILE - In this July 8, 2014 file photo, Katherine Mitchell, M.D., medical director, Iraq and Afghanistan Post-Deployment Center, Phoenix VA Health Care System, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Veterans Affairs Department has reached financial settlements with three employees who faced retaliation after filing whistleblower complaints about the troubled Phoenix VA hospital. The employees were among the first to report widespread wrongdoing at the Phoenix hospital, including chronic delays for veterans seeking care and falsified waiting lists covering up those delays. Similar problems soon were identified across the country amid a growing scandal that forced the ouster of former VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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VA settles complaints by 3 Phoenix whistleblowers

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

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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)
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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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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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Richard Griffin, acting VA inspector general, said his office followed standard procedures in making revisions to reflect agency concerns prior to publication of its report on falsified patient waiting lists in Phoenix Aug. 26. (AP/Lauren Victoria Burke)
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Veterans Affairs IG admits line clearing agency in deaths added after draft sent to department execs

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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)
Healthcare

IG let Veterans Affairs officials alter report to absolve agency in Phoenix deaths

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Progressives split over Arizona convention

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EXography: Wall Street migrates south to low-cost Southern cities
Economy

EXography: Wall Street migrates south to low-cost Southern cities

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