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April 25, 2008

General Relief – US senator wants veterans’ care mental health official to quit over – International Herald Tribune

Filed under: General Relief — Susan @ 4:45 pm

US senator wants veterans’ care mental health official to quit over – International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : A Democratic senator demanded on Tuesday that the chief mental health official of the Department of Veterans Affairs resign for allegedly trying to cover up the rising number of veterans’ suicides. US Sen. Patty Murray said Dr. Ira Katz

VA Health Head Grilled Over Suicide Data – CBS News
E-Mail Story (CBS) This week, CBS News reported on charges of a cover up of suicide data at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Now, more damaging documents have come out in a lawsuit charging the VA fails to properly care for vets. Chief

Senators Call For VA Official To Quit – CBS News
In the wake of a CBS News report that revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld critical information about the true suicide risk among veterans, Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, today both called for

2 U.S. senators allege cover-up of veteran suicides – Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhuanet) — An alleged cover-up of the rising number of U.S. military veteran suicides has led two Democratic senators to demand the resignation of the chief mental health official of the Veterans Affairs Department. Sens. Daniel

Murray: VA lied about vets’ suicide attempts – Seattle Times
Sen. Patty Murray warns of “red alarm bell.” WASHINGTON The Department of Veterans Affairs has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing internal e-mails that put the number at 12,000 a

Couple s Suit Accuses Real Estate Firm of Bias Against Children – New York Times
The apartment sounded beautiful: a converted carriage house on a quiet lane in Brooklyn Heights, with a deck. Jamie Katz and Lisa Nocera were excited. Jamie Katz and Lisa Nocera, with their son, Bruno, accuse Brown Harris Stevens of discrimination

Democrats seeking resignation of top VA official Ira Katz – World Link
WASHINGTON Two Democratic senators on Tuesday called for the chief mental health official of the Veterans Affairs Department to resign, saying he tried to cover up the rising number of veteran suicides. Sens. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii and Patty

Lawmaker says VA lying about suicide attempts – Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON The Veterans Affairs Department has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing internal e-mails that put the number at 12,000 a year while the VA was publicly saying it was

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