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05.30.14 | 11:12 am

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President Barack Obama is slated to deliver a statement Friday after meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki. Watch live below at 11:15 a.m. ET:

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Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a writer covering systems of power, gender, and politics. She previously served as an editor at the Cut, Business Insider, and Talking Points Memo.

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chammy says:

May 30, 2014

Well it’s a done deal.
wargreymon2013 says:

May 30, 2014

Thanks to General Shinseki for his service on the battlefield and for the country as VA Secretary. He did the right thing, and he’s an honorable person for doing so.
chammy says:

May 30, 2014

Amen that that. The repukes were going to run this into the ground even though they created this fucking problem in the first place.

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