Mission Roll Call: Veterans should not carry burden of VA’s $15 billion budget shortfall

A national veteran nonprofit organization says that veterans should not have to carry the burden of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ reported $15 billion budget shortfall.
“They get more than enough money to do the things they should be doing,” retired Army Lt. Colonel and Mission Roll Call CEO Jim Whaley said. “The challenge is they are not being held accountable.”
VA Secretary Denis McDonough told reporters last month that his department’s budget shortfall is the result of more veterans using VA care than ever before and comes in direct response to an aggressive campaign that urges them to file for the benefits they have earned. He also said VA had initially anticipated processing more than 2.5 million claims this fiscal year, but is now expected to exceed that.
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