Veterans’ groups fire back at Clinton’s VA comments

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By Curt Devine and Drew Griffin

Some veterans groups are firing back after a comment Hillary Clinton made about the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal. The former secretary of state suggested in an interview late last week that the controversy which shook the VA last year was overblown, and Republicans used it to serve their own agenda.

“It’s not been as widespread as it has been made out to be,” Clinton said Friday on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show” when asked about the scandal and how she would fix the VA.

Yet the federal government’s own report contradicts Clinton’s remarks.

The VA’s inspector general concluded inappropriate scheduling practices at VA medical hire vetscenters were “systemic” in 2014, after a CNN investigation revealed veterans were dying while waiting for care on “secret” lists at the Phoenix VA. The scandal led to the resignation of then-VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.

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