Executive Actions on VA

President Barack Obama announced a handful of new executive actions on Tuesday, aiming to better the mental health care and economic livelihood of military veterans.

The actions are intended to help give veterans “quality health care,” and “every opportunity to pursue the American Dream,” while improving the VA, a White House fact sheet said. The orders will expand on a bill Congress passed earlier this month, allocating $16.3 billion to overhaul the VA.

The Justice Department and the FBI are investigating allegations of obstruction of justice at dozens of VA hospitals across the country, according to a long-awaited report released Tuesday.

The report by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General said 93 VA healthcare sites across the country are being investigated in connection with falsifying scheduling records that led to delay of veterans' health care and "attempting to obstruct OIG (Office of Inspector General) and other investigative efforts." The Justice Department and FBI are involved in the probe, the report...