Lawmaker (Phil Hare, D-Ill) to VA secretary (Nicholson): Step down now-Army Times 5/3

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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/05/military_nicholsonresign_070503w/

Lawmaker to VA secretary: Step down now

By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday May 3, 2007 19:03:47 EDT

An Illinois Democrat is calling on Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson to resign for having paid bonuses to senior federal workers who were responsible for a $1 billion shortfall in the VA budget.

“For the health and well-being of every current and future veteran, Secretary Nicholson should step down immediately,” said Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., an Army Reserve veteran.

Hare, a member of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee, isn’t the first lawmaker to call on Nicholson, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former Republican National Committee chairman, to resign.

But Nicholson has survived worse blows that this — such as the loss of personal information on 26 million people last year and claims that the VA is not fully prepared to handle Iraq and Afghanistan combat casualties — and his payment of bonuses is not universally despised, even among Democrats.


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