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Nikki Wentling
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National reporter @starsandstripes | previously @arkansasonline, @LJWorld, @NatPress fellow | @KUJournalism alumna | Kansan 🌻 | wentling.nikki@stripes.com
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This from @AlexHortonTX's story with @rsanderlin: "The audience applauded the family. They cheered and chanted. But among them were two Gold Star widows, themselves in a sea of elation, witnessing a moment they could never have." washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
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Nikki Wentling
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.@RepMarkTakano announces the hire of @HeatherKellyPhD, a clinical psychologist, to guide the House VA Committee's efforts on preventing veteran suicide. pic.twitter.com/kRPlXZwuDP
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Nikki Wentling
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“So an administration that is very willing to give tax cuts to the richest people in the country can’t find their way to slightly err on the side of taking care of people who served their country in Vietnam, apparently." -@SenSherrodBrown stripes.com/news/veterans/…
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Nikki Wentling
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Eight months after the VA launched a new program to connect veterans with private-sector doctors, the agency doesn’t know how many appointments have been completed or how much it’s costing taxpayers. stripes.com/news/veterans/…
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Steve Beynon
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The VA secretary wants to further examine the IG's investigation into a Hill staffer's report she was sexually assaulted at a VA hospital. He originally called her claims, "unsubstantiated."
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Steve Beynon
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After triple checking, the IG says despite Wilkie's call to action this morning there is no intention to reopen the investigation.
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Nikki Wentling
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Some conflicting information from the VA secretary and VA inspector general on whether the investigation into the alleged sexual assault at the DC VA hospital is closed. twitter.com/StevenBeynon/s…
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Nikki Wentling
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Stone: If you gave us another $10 billion for mental health and we hired every single grad of every single program, it doesn’t undo the intense loneliness that leads to this. (vet suicide)
@SenBlumenthal: You don't think the problem is one of more psychiatrists?
Stone: I do not
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Nikki Wentling
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.@SenSherrodBrown questions Stone about recent news from the VA to delay a decision to add several conditions to the list of those caused by Agent Orange. Brown goes after the Trump administration, saying they'll give tax cuts to the wealthy but not err on the side of sick vets.
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Nikki Wentling
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I'm over on the Senate side at a separate hearing, but I'm sure @StevenBeynon is listening out for one.
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Leo Shane III
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.@SecWilkie addresses firing of Dep Sec Byrne head on. Says it was “a simple business decision. Some people just don’t gel with the team.” Said it had nothing to do with the DC medical center sexual assault investigation.
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Nikki Wentling
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Over on the House side, @StevenBeynon is covering a @VetAffairsDems hearing about how the VA supports survivors of military sexual trauma. twitter.com/StevenBeynon/s…
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Nikki Wentling
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.@Sen_JoeManchin asks VA leadership again about the 11 veteran deaths at the Clarksburg VA that are under investigation as homicides.
Stone can't give additional information, he says, but adds that the hospital is safe now.
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Nikki Wentling
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.@SenatorRounds brings up another problem under Mission: health care providers aren't getting reimbursed. In his state of South Dakota, 2 community care providers are waiting on more than $5 million.
Stone says VA went in one year from handling 100k claims/month to 1 million
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Nikki Wentling
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Stone goes on to say that the VA's burn rate through community care dollars is $1 billion each month under Mission. Congress gave the VA $15 billion for the program.
"I think we're safe... I'm as frustrated as you are, but I have to say at this point, our budget looks good"
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Nikki Wentling
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.@SenatorTester asks Stone whether the new private-sector care program under the Mission Act was going to run out of money.
Stone: "I think you asked the key question that keeps me up at night."
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Nikki Wentling
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Dr. Richard Stone, who leads the Veterans Health Administration: "The VA Mission Act is succeeding... As the president promised, the VA Mission Act has been good for veterans and good for the VA."
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Nikki Wentling
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It's been 8 months since the Mission Act took effect. Ranking member @SenatorTester says the VA still has "no clear understanding" about the number of appointments that have been completed under the Mission Act, nor how much it cost. The proposed budgets are released next week.
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Nikki Wentling
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Moran mentions this recent @VetAffairsOIG report, which warns veterans' wait times for appointments could get longer under the Mission Act. stripes.com/news/veterans/…
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Nikki Wentling
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.@JerryMoran opening the hearing on the VA Mission Act now. "The committee has concerns about how the VA is building out the network and its ability to meet demand."
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