Two resignations in Washington.
First - from the New York Times:
White House Press Secretary Resigns
Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, is leaving his post as the public face of the administration, stepping down after shifting from two decades of reporting to politics at the highest levels, President Obama said on Friday.
Must have been hard to represent a man who lies so much.
Second - from The Washington Post:
Shinseki resigns amid VA scandal over veterans’ health care
Eric K. Shinseki resigned Friday as secretary of veterans affairs, taking responsibility for a scandal in the VA health-care system over excessive waiting times and coverups of what he called “systemic” problems.President Obama announced that he accepted Shinseki’s resignation after agreeing with his embattled VA secretary that he had become a “distraction” as the department struggles to deal with a huge increase of veterans in need of care after more than a decade of war overseas.
Obama knew about the VA problems as early as 2008 - the use of the "secret" lists was endemic to the organization, not just the Phoenix, AZ branch.
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