Medical care for U.S. veterans 'not good enough': Pentagon chief

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Medical care for U.S. veterans 'not good enough': Pentagon chief

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/medical-care-u-veterans-not-good-enough-pentagon-174922928.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fXw.H6roFn7nj7JWivilgA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-05-11T174922Z_1_CBREA4A1DII00_RTROPTP_2_USA-NATO-HAGEL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivers remarks on NATO expansion and European security at the Wilson Center in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivers remarks on NATO expansion and European security at the Wilson Center in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said on Sunday the care given to U.S. veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs is \&quot;not good enough\&quot; but offered support for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, who has rejected calls to resign. The American Legion, an influential veterans group, and some Republicans have called for Shinseki to step down following reports on whistleblowers' claims that up to 40 veterans died while waiting for appointments or specialist care at a VA hospital in Phoenix. \&quot;I do support General Shinseki,\&quot; Hagel told the ABC program \&quot;This Week,\&quot; referring to the former four-star Army general who lost part of a foot to a land mine during the Vietnam War. It has to be better.\&quot; He also said the problems in the VA did not start under Shinseki bur rather \&quot;should have been looked at years and years ago.\&quot; Hagel is a decorated veteran who served during the Vietnam War as an enlisted man before becoming a Republican U.S. senator and later defense secretary under Democratic President Barack Obama.</p><br clear="all"/>

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