U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald delivers a statement and answers reporters’ questions outside of his department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. McDonald has apologized for misrepresenting his military record by telling a homeless veteran in California that he had served in the U.S. Special Forces. (Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images)
Re: “Coffman takes the high road on VA secretary?s embellishment,” Feb. 25 editorial.
It seems curious to me that the administrative action taken by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding its multiple scandals generally results in minor, if any, discipline to the offenders. Properly addressing the actions of those responsible for hardships they have caused many veterans and associated problems for the VA would be a good place to start.
VA Secretary Robert McDonald has a tough job to do — clean up the scandal-plagued VA. That’s kind of difficult to do when you start out by deceiving the very same people you are supposed to help by “embellishing” your own military record.
Lawrence E. Barnes,Littleton
This letter was published in the Feb. 28 edition.
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