09 April 2007

VA Responds to Rockefeller

A U.S. Veterans Affairs official responds to Public Broadcasting after Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., alleged low morale and staffing problems at its medical center in Beckley.

The transcript is here. Rockefeller has also alleged that the center's administrator has provided false information to VA officials to counter his allegations.

Public Broadcasting also has a companion piece alleging a clampdown on press interviews at the center, “because of the Walter Reed thing.” Transcript here.

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