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American Legion Calls on Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki to Resign
Group Calls for Two Other Top Officials to Step Down As Well
Updated May 5, 2014 6:14 p.m. ET
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The largest national veterans group called Monday for the resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary
Eric Shinseki
amid probes into allegations that veterans died while waiting for primary-care appointments.
The
American Legion, with some 2.4 million members, also sought the
resignation of two other top officials at the Department of Veterans
Affairs, citing concerns including mismanagement, an outbreak of
Legionnaires' disease and allegations of falsified reporting of
appointment wait times at some VA hospitals.
"There needs to be a change and that change needs to occur at the top," the American Legion's national commander,
Dan Dellinger,
said at a news conference. "To cover up mistakes is unforgivable as is fostering a culture of nondisclosure."
The
country's second-largest veterans group, the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
stood by Mr. Shinseki on Monday, saying in a statement it "does not
agree with a call made today for the resignations."
"It
is paramount that Secretary Shinseki get publicly in front of this
immediately," VFW head
William Thien
said in the statement, adding that Mr. Shinseki needs to
"re-establish the credibility of the entire VA health and benefits
systems, and that of his own office."
The
VA has been scrutinized recently after allegations from several people
including at least two whistleblowers and the House Committee on
Veterans' Affairs that the Phoenix VA Health Care System kept a secret
waiting list for primary-care appointments, which made official wait
times for record-keeping and reporting purposes seem much shorter, and
that as many as 40 veterans died while waiting for initial appointments.
"His
patriotism and sacrifice for this nation are above reproach," Mr.
Dellinger said of Mr. Shinseki, a retired Army general and decorated
combat veteran. "However his history, his record, as secretary of
Veterans Affairs tells a different story," Mr. Dellinger said, adding
that Mr. Shinseki has presided over a "pattern of scandals that have
infected the entire system."
On May 1, Mr. Shinseki put three Phoenix employees on
administrative leave, including the director of the hospital facility,
Sharon Helman.
Mr. Shinseki hasn't addressed the allegations publicly and hasn't
responded to requests for an interview. Ms. Helman said in a statement
May 1 that she respects Mr. Shinseki's decision.
VA
spokesman Drew Brookie said in a statement Monday that the agency
"takes any allegations about patient care or employee misconduct very
seriously," adding it has made progress under Mr. Shinseki but "the
secretary knows there is more work to do."
"Secretary
Shinseki has dedicated his life to his fellow veterans, and nobody is
more committed to completing the work that lies ahead," Mr. Brookie
said. "As the secretary says, providing veterans the quality care and
benefits they have earned through their service is our only mission at
VA." The statement didn't address the call for resignation.
A
White House spokesman said the president remains confident in Mr.
Shinseki's "ability to lead the department and to take appropriate
action" based on the findings of an investigation by the VA's inspector
general. The
Obama
administration "takes the allegations surrounding the Phoenix
situation very seriously," the spokesman added.
The
VA was recently scrutinized for at least five deaths attributed to
Legionnaires' disease, a form of pneumonia, at the VA health-care system
in Pittsburgh. In 2013, an inspector general report showed the hospital
wasn't properly managing its tap-water systems, which can lead to
Legionnaires' outbreaks.
Nearly 9
million people were enrolled in the VA health-care system in 2013,
according to the agency, which runs 150 VA hospitals and more than 800
outpatient clinics.
The American
Legion's call for Mr. Shinseki's resignation is an about-face from just
over a year ago, when the group defended the secretary after his record
was criticized by Time magazine for issues including his handling of
benefits claims backlogs. "We have found nothing lacking in Shinseki's
leadership," then-national commander
James Koutz
said in a statement. "In truth, Gen. Shinseki has been one of the
veterans' community's most effective and forceful advocates in recent
years."
On Tuesday, Mr. Shinseki is
scheduled to hold a monthly meeting with executive directors of
veterans' service organizations, which he has been doing since taking
office in 2009.
Disabled American
Veterans, a major veteran advocacy group, said it plans to wait until
after Tuesday's meeting before deciding whether to call for Mr. Shinseki
to make major changes in leadership, said
Dave Autry,
the group's spokesman.
—Jeffrey Sparshott contributed to this article.
Write to Ben Kesling at benjamin.kesling@wsj.com
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