Obama: Shinseki stays despite calls for resignation
The fallout continuing to grow over the scandal at America's veteran hospitals. The House just passed a bill that cuts through the red tape and makes it easier to fire senior officials at Veteran Affairs for misconduct.
The bill comes as President Barack Obama finally broke his silence Wednesday after meeting with embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki.
Obama: Shinseki stays for now, but VA misconduct will be punished
The president went before the American public to express his outrage and frustration over the alleged misconduct revealed by CNN that may have resulted in the deaths of at least 40 veterans in Arizona.
"If these allegations prove to be true, it is dishonorable, it is disgraceful, and I will not tolerate it, period," the President Obama said.
For now, the president is standing by Shinseki.
But as the crisis continues to snowball, Democrats are breaking with the President.
In interview with CNN's Brianna Keilar, Democratic Congressman John Barrow from Georgia explains why he's now calling for Shinseki's resignation.
"It's a whole lot easier for someone new to investigate and you also get to a point where someone needs to be held accountable," Barrow said. "People died as a result of this."
OutFront, Andy Card, the former White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush, and Bill Burton, the Former Deputy White House Press Secretary for President Obama.
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Shutdown threatens veteran benefits: 3.8M vets waiting for disability checks
Capitol dysfunction is now hurting the men and women who have risked their lives for this country. Millions of wounded veterans are due a combined $6 billion worth of benefits in November.
But as long as the shutdown continues, the checks won't go out.
Barbara Starr is OutFront.
Shutdown could hurt nation's veterans
As we've mentioned, all "essential" people – like members of Congress – will keep getting paid during a government shutdown.
But when it comes to members of the military, especially the nation's disabled veterans who often times live paycheck to paycheck, well, they're being told that they could get IOU's. Barbara Starr is OutFront with more.
California spends millions for veterans home, but budget crisis keeps homes empty
California has a budget shortfall of $15.7 billion, yet spent a quarter-billion in state and federal funds to build two new, state-of-the-art nursing homes for veterans.
The problem is, the state can't come up with enough money to run the place. So now, no one can move in and the state is spending a fortune maintaining empty buildings.
CNN's Casey Wian reports.
