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The soon-to-be-released inspector general's report finds that no veterans died as a result of being on a wait-list at the VA facility in Phoenix, a Department of Veterans Affairs official tells CNN's Jim Acosta.

The department's Office of Inspector General confirmed to CNN that its report into excessive wait times and delays in care at the Phoenix facility will be released at 1:30 p.m. ET. The department will have a formal response after the report is released. Ref. CNN

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Obama Urges Americans To Honor Vets Through Care Support
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President Barack Obama used his weekly address to commend service members throughout the nation's history for their dedication and to encourage all Americans to honor their sacrifices by helping them succeed and get the support they've earned.
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The big irony in saying that is the government should be the number one supporter of veterans and that has proven to be not the case.

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Veterans Affairs paid $142 million in bonuses last year amid scandals

The agency has continued to pay performance-based bonuses to nearly half of agency employees, including some in health administration, according to data provided to USA TODAY by the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. In all, some 156,000 executives, managers and employees received them. Ref. USAToday

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All the disappointment and scandal of the Veteran Affairs being what it is, if any veterans of the US Armed Forces happen to peruse this page, please accept my heartfelt thanks for your sacrifice and courage defending this great country of ours. You are not forgotten, and I share your outrage at how shabbily you have been treated by our government.

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Veterans are still suffering from poor VA care despite fixes touted in Washington

Medical professionals have missed or misdiagnosed veterans' conditions, resulting in life-altering consequences at the Oklahoma City VA medical facilities, USA TODAY interviews show. The VA has struggled to meet unprecedented demand as new waves of veterans with complex needs return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time Vietnam veterans are aging and requiring more care. Ref. USAToday

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VA bosses in 7 states manipulated vets' wait times for care, newly released reports show

Supervisors instructed schedulers to falsify patient wait times at Veterans Affairs' medical facilities in at least seven states, according to newly released investigation reports from the department's inspector general. The reports detail for the first time since the Phoenix VA wait-time scandal in 2014 how widespread scheduling manipulation was throughout the VA. Investigators previously have said manipulation was "Systemic" but they did not identify which facilities had problems and how serious they were. Ref. USAToday.

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VA wrongly declares thousands of veterans dead, stops benefits:

Some 4,000 U.S. Military veterans and their families stopped receiving benefits over the past five years after they were wrongly declared dead, the newest in a string of problems to emerge from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Ref. Source 6j.