Calls for VA Secretary Shinseki's Resignation Mount After New Allegations

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A growing wave of politicians have called on Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign following a report from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general's office that turned up a fresh set of fraud allegations against the organization.

See also: Obama on Veterans Affairs Misconduct: 'I Will Not Tolerate It, Period'

What the new report finds

It stated that VA employees have allegedly been falsifying records related to appointment waiting lists, making it seem as though appointment wait-times for veterans are much shorter than they actually are.

It found that VA employees sometimes created fake cancellations and rescheduled veteran appointments so that the average wait-time was lower. Read more...

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