◼ President Obama said Friday he accepted the resignation of embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki. - Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion
◼ Eric Shinseki resigns as Veterans Affairs Secretary - Susan Crabtree/Washington Examiner
◼ Shinseki resigns after VA scandal - Washington Post
Eric K. Shinseki resigned Friday as secretary of veterans affairs, taking responsibility for a scandal in the VA health-care system over excessive waiting times and coverups of what he called “systemic” problems.◼ link - Neoneocon
◼ Figures. Obama Blames Bush for VA Scandal: “This Predates My Presidency” (Video) - Jim Hoft/Gateway Pundit
◼ Shinseki resigns after VA scandal - Althouse
◼ VA Secretary Eric Shinseki Resigns Over Waitlist Scandal - The Blaze
◼ BREAKING: The Obama Administration Found a Different Way to Scratch Somebody Off the List at the VA - IJ Review
Back in 2008, President Obama was warned about problems with the VA and after saying he was “mad as hell” about it, did basically nothing. Then he nominated Shinseseki to head the VA in December 2008, boasting there is no one “more qualified” to run it.◼ VA FALLOUT: BOSTON GLOBE, LA TIMES DECLARE OBAMA INCOMPETENT - Breitbart
Let’s not forget where the real problem lies: At the very top. But to hear the mainstream press tell it, Obama read about how bad the VA scandal was in the newspapers last night. And that’s as far as their reportage will go.
In fact, a lack of "competence" is exactly how columnist for the Boston Globe Jeff Jacoby put it May 25.
