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The Week
A VA audit finds “indefensible” hospital waits, friendly fire kills five Americans in Afghanistan, and more
1. VA audit finds 57,000 vets waited three months for appointments
A Veterans Affairs internal audit released Monday found that 57,000 veterans had to wait at least three months for initial appointments at 731 VA medical centers. Investigators found that 13 percent of scheduling employees had been told to falsify dates to improve statistics on wait times. Top VA officials apologized for the scandal and called the situation “indefensible,” saying investigators were looking into whether crimes occurred. [The Associated Press]
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2. “Friendly fire” kills five U.S. Special Operations troops in Afghanistan
Five American Special Operations soldiers and at least one of their Afghan counterparts were killed in a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan on Monday night, when…
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