FBI investigating Veterans Affairs office in Arizona

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FBI investigating Veterans Affairs office in Arizona

By Julia Edwards and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing allegations of criminal wrongdoing at the Phoenix office of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which has been central to a scandal over veterans' healthcare that has rocked the Obama administration. "The FBI has instructed agents in its Phoenix office to conduct an investigation into the allegations related to the VA," a Justice Department spokesman said on Wednesday. "Federal prosecutors will be working with these investigators to determine whether there is a basis for criminal charges." FBI involvement escalates the inquiries into the debacle that led to the resignation on May 30 of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, a retired Army general wounded three times in Vietnam.

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