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VA chief: 1,000 workers face disciplinary action
http://www.13newsnow.com/story/news/military/2014/11/07/va-chief-1000-workers-face-disciplinary-action/18685571/VA chief: 1,000 workers face disciplinary action
AP 10:36 p.m. EST November 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Veterans Affairs Department is considering disciplinary action against more than 1,000 employees as it struggles to correct systemic problems that led to long wait times for veterans seeking health care and falsification of records to cover up delays, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said.
In an interview with the CBS News program "60 Minutes," McDonald said the VA is taking "aggressive, expeditious disciplinary action, consistent with the law" against more than 1,000 of its 315,000 employees. (snip) The interview with "60 Minutes" will be broadcast on Sunday. An excerpt aired Friday on the "CBS Evening News."
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