A lot pressure has been put on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Eric Shinseki, after the hospital waitlist scandal at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, was revealed. The scandal caused at least 40 deaths. It also lead to Eric Shinseki meeting with president Obama to discuss the issue and many officials demanding that he resign. Today he offered a formal apology at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans conference and then had a meeting with Obama in the Oval office. Soon after Shinseki resigned from his position.
“I will not defend it because it is indefensible, but I can take responsibility for it and I do. So given the facts I now know, I apologize as the senior leader of the Department of Veteran’s Affairs,” he stated just a few hours before stepping down from office, according toThe Washington Times . The VA scandal has been going on for quite some time and lot has unfolded. Here is a timeline of the when the VA scandal first got out leading up to Shinseki’s resignation.
February, 2013: The secret waitlist scandal began according to whistleblower Dr. Sam Foote
April 24, 2014: Dr. Sam Foote retired after 24 years at the VA hospital and blew the whistle revealing that 1,700 people had been taken off the waitlists and that at least 40 had died as a result of waiting over 6 months for treatment
April 28, 2014: Dr. Foote unraveled details of the scandal, including stating that Sharon Helman had come up with the idea to get a bonus and advance in her career, during an interview with Martha MacCallum on Fox News.
May 2, 2014: Whistleblowers claim that hospitals were attempting to destroy the evidence of deaths involved in the scandal even though Congress told them to keep all records The Washington Free Beacon
May 16, 2014: Governor Rick Scott announces that a secret list at the VA in Gainesville, Florida, has been discovered and the employees involved have been put on leave
May 21, 2014: President Obama addresses the VA scandal to the nation
May 26, 2014: Several Democrats begin complaining that president Obama has not been involved enough with correcting the VA scandal
May 28, 2014: VA inspector confirmed that 1,700 veterans were on the secret list and that 40 died.
May 28, 2014: Republicans pay money for attacks on some of the Democrats who have yet to demand Shinseki’s resignation
May 29, 2014: There is official Bipartisan agreement demanding for Shinseki to resign
May 30, 2014: Eric Shinseki issued a formal apology to all veterans across the nation at the end of his speech at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans conference
May 30, 2014: Shinseki met with president Obama in the Oval office
May 30, 2014: Shinseki officially resigns from office
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