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Below is my original post from 2 weeks ago, President Obama has announced that VA Secretary Shinseki has resigned "voluntarily" from his position, but let's face the fact the President fired him behind closed doors so that Shinseki could save face and save Obama from more embarrassment. Yet, this resignation does not relieve the President from his personal responsibility for the deaths of these veterans, and in his statements today he did not personally apologize and ask forgiveness from the families of the dead veterans, this whole situation is criminal, instead, he just railed on about how wonderful Shinseki was, how much more disgusting can this get? Obama thinks he can just fire the Captain of the sinking ship and everything will be OK? These crimes against veterans have been blatantly ignored for over 5 years now, and when it comes down to who is ultimately responsible? Well, Mr. Commander-In-Chief, as Harry Truman said "the buck stops at the President's desk", so you need only to look in the mirror to see who needs to accept full responsibility for this tragic VA disaster! Mr. President, as you know, my father Albin was President for 36 years of the California AFL-CIO, and before he passed away in 2009 he was a big supporter of your 2008 Presidential Campaign, and I can tell you now, he would be so disappointed with you on this VA debacle. He was not just my father, he was my best friend, and one of the finest human beings I have ever known, let alone probably the greatest champion of all workers in the USA and the world, and I know he would ask you now to take immediate and decisive action to prevent anymore of these terrible acts of neglect to our brave veteran heroes! Very truly yours, Robert William Gruhn (posted 05/15/14) Here Lies Veterans Administration Washington D.C. 2014 This government bureau and its chief secretary Shinseki refusing responsibility. 40 Arizona veterans died while on shameful death waiting list. Chief saying he's "MAD AS HELL", to senate hearing then doing nothing. Well, Mr. President, its time to fire your VA chief and apologize for this failure. These brave veterans have been allowed to die needlessly while on your watch. You need to get a spine and do what it takes to save any more VETS from this horror. So, Mr. Commander in Chief Obama, please show us you truly are our LEADER. Copyright © 2014 Robert William Gruhn A.R.R.
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