Secretary of Finger-Pointing
VA Secretary James Nicholson's testimony on the veterans' data theft incident on Capitol Hill yesterday boils down to the following: Everybody but me screwed up. He said he's "outraged" and "mad as hell" about the "lapses of judgment on the behalf of my people." He insisted that "directives were issued," but "they were paid no attention to." He may be right about all of that, but as Nicholson also noted, he is "the person ultimately responsible to our veterans."
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