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March 1, 2008 at 12:31:16

Another high ranking Bush Administration official Resigns

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Another high ranking Bush Administration official has resigned. The Department of Veterans Affairs Undersecretary for Benefits Daniel Cooper quit amid mounting criticism over a backlog of disability claims for injured veterans that runs six months long and an appearance he made in a fundraising video for an evangelical Christian organization where he said Bible study was more important than doing his job.

You can listento a radio report on Cooper's resignation here.

You can read my full report on his departure here.

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The average veteran must wait almost six months for an answer on a disability claim.

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Pacifica radio network reporter Aaron Glantz is author of the new book "How America Lost Iraq" (Tarcher/Penguin). More information at www.warcomeshome.org

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Ron RobertsonRon Robertson has thirty year history of venture development and management talents with a strong high-tech entrepreneurial flair. Ron's career began in the U.S. Army Special Forces as an A-team medic, an economics degree from UNC Chapel Hill and a MBA. With solid background in economic guerrilla strategies and tactics, Ron mastered a process of molding raw ideas into real products being used by real customers. From insight to concept, from research to planning, from team building to executio...

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Reports like this are too kind

I have been waiting to hear about my disability claim for eight months already. I have been told by a Disabled American Veterans service officer that I should not expect a decision for at least 12 - 18 months.

This "high ranking official" took money to do a job, then did not do it. From where I come from, that is called stealing. Being a Christian is no excuse for being a callously incompetent fraud.

Instead of giving away free tax rebates, the government should pay what it owes to the veterans. While I wait for the VA to hopefully get its act together, does anyone know of any good bridges I can live under?

by Ron Robertson (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Monday, March 3, 2008 at 2:24:20 PM