The VA Crisis Can’t Be Solved by Washington, D.C. Alone. Local Authorities Need to Step Up.
Accountability
City and state veterans commissions allowed conditions at the Phoenix VA to go unchecked. To fix the VA, local veteran’s authorities need to take responsibility for their communities.
It’s easy to cast blame for the VA crisis on leadership in Washington, D.C., yet many of those who led the call for Eric Shinseki’s resignation are the exact same people who will tell you that the solutions to the nation’s problems are not to be found in Washington.
