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Stephen Colbert Analyzes the Testimony of Rick Gates in His Special Way: Confessions, Infidelity, and 'WTF'

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BeachDem8/08/2018 12:34:50 pm PDT

re: #93 dangerman

i’ve read this a number of times today

the crux of the problem is with the people inside the VA

Well, they’ve done what they can to get rid of anyone inside who disagrees with them:

…all the officials that the Leinenkugel memo singled out for removal are now gone, replaced with allies of Perlmutter, Sherman and Moskowitz. The memo suggested that Sandoval take charge of the Office of Information and Technology, overseeing the implementation of the Cerner contract; he got the job in April. The memo proposed removing Deputy Secretary Tom Bowman; he left in June, and the post hasn’t been filled. The memo floated Richard Stone for under secretary for health; he got the job on an acting basis in July. Leinenkugel himself took charge of a commission on mental health (the same topic Moskowitz had emailed O’Rourke about). O’Rourke, having hit it off with the Mar-a-Lago Crowd, became acting secretary in May.