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HALL OF SHAME PAGE
Every now and then, a politician, political appointee
or some other public figure says or does something so outrageous that they
will be inducted into the VA Watchdog Hall of Shame.
We will post
these moments here for you to enjoy.
VA'S IRA KATZ LIES ABOUT VETERAN SUICIDE PROBLEM
(April 2008) In November 2007, Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's mental health chief, told
CBS News
that veteran suicide was not an epidemic.
(Story here) Then,in April of
2008 we discovered that Katz lied about the figures.
(That story here)
(If the above embedded player doesn't work on your browser,
view the video
clip on YouTube here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0RlLxihy44
)
NICHOLSON STILL CLUELESS, CLAIMS VA IS "BENEVOLENT" VIDEO
(14 seconds, July 2007) On
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, Nicholson appeared on the C-SPAN program
Newsmakers.
The program was aired on Sunday, July 29, 2007.
Nicholson bumbled his was through
the interview and said: The VA is "a
benevolent system...grant if you can, deny only
if you must." (If the above embedded player doesn't work on your browser,
view the video
clip on YouTube here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL-Lb88Crxw )
THE JIM NICHOLSON "DENTAL" VIDEO
(24 seconds, February 2007) When confronted with a long list of wounds and injuries sustained
by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking care at the VA, Secretary Jim
Nicholson said, "A lot of them come in for dental problems."
--
On Nicholson: "He ought not to make any more public appearances."
- Syndicated Columnist Mark Shields.
(If the above embedded player doesn't work on your browser,
view the video clip on YouTube here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia4PA5lam7s )
THE GEN. KEVIN KILEY "I DON'T INSPECT
BARRACKS" VIDEO (25 seconds,
March 2007)
Gen. Kevin Kiley, Surgeon of the
U.S. Army and former Commander of Walter Reed
Army Hospital, testifies before Congress that he doesn't inspect
barracks.
(If the above embedded player doesn't work on your browser, view the
video clip on
YouTube here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggs_e1uGxss )
THE JIM NICHOLSON "HUH?" VIDEO
(16 seconds, March 2007) When confronted by an ABC reporter and asked why he shelved a
Seamless Transition
tracking program to help troops move from DoD to VA healthcare,
Nicholson was lost.
(If the above embedded player doesn't work on your browser, view the
video clip on
YouTube here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BiyO3UCXI8 )
