The effort to conceal long waiting times, which Obama called “inexcusable,” resulted in the resignation of Obama’s first VA secretary, Eric. “When 20 veterans a day are taking their own lives, that is a national tragedy,” Obama said. “We have to do everything we can for those families, and honor them, and be humbled by them,” Obama said. She had nothing to say,” Trump said of Ghazala Khan, the mother of the slain soldier. President Obama on Monday criticized Republican nominee Donald Trump for disparaging the American military as weak and defended his administration’s efforts to rebuild a Department of Veterans Affairs weighed down by recent scandals.

Source: Washington Post August 01, 2016 20:37 UTC