Lena inkinga uGeneral Eric Shinseki azoyidla uma esethatha izintambo eMnyangweni Wezindaba Zomakadebona. Ujenene, owathatha umhlalaphansi eButhweni Lezempi ngemva kokuphatha kukaGeorge W. Bush wazishaya indiva izixwayiso zakhe
Usihlalo wekomiti, uSenator Daniel Akaka of
Ekhuluma ngesipiliyoni sikajenene osewathatha umhlalaphansi lapho kwaqhunyiswa izinyawo zakhe cishe eminyakeni engu-40 edlule phakathi nempi yaseVietnam, u-Akaka utshele uShinseki ukuthi โuyaqiniseka ukuthi unozwela oluqinile kulabo abakhonzwa yi-VA kanye nokuzibophezela okujulile emsebenzini we-VA. ...Lokhu kuzokusebenzela kahle njengonobhala."
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uShinseki uthembise ukuba "ngummeli onamandla womakadebona", wathi u-Obama "ungikhokhise ukuthi ngiqinisekise ukuthi omakadebona bathola izinzuzo nezinkonzo abazitholile futhi isizwe esizilindele".
Iningi lezingqapheli liyavuma ukuthi isimo uShinseki asizuza sibi.
I-non-partisan Rand Corporation ilinganisela ku-300,000
Nokho, abangaphansi kwengxenye bathola usizo kuhulumeni obathumele empini. Omakadebona abalimele baphoqeleka ukuthi balinde izinyanga eziyisithupha kuya eminyakeni emibili ngokwesilinganiso ukuze bafunde ukuthi bakulungele yini ukukhokhelwa ngokukhubazeka, kanti abaningi baye bajikiswa uma befuna usizo lwezempilo.
Ekulaleleni kwakhe ukuqinisekiswa, u-Shinseki wafunga ukuthi "uzoguqula" i-VA, ukunciphisa ukubambezeleka okude, ethembisa "ukugcina isikhathi kanye nokungaguquguquki" ekucubunguleni izimangalo zokukhubazeka, inqubo "esobala" yokuphatha kanye nokwanda kokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe obusha.
Njengamaseneta ekulalelweni, abameli bomakadebona bazwakalise ithemba ngokukhethwa kukaShinseki.
โNjengomakadebona wezempi olimele, uyaziqonda kahle izinkinga omakadebona ababhekana nazo hhayi kuphela lapho bethunyelwe nalapho bebuyela ekhaya, kodwa futhi nezinkinga zansuku zonke umakadebona okufanele abhekane nazo lezo izakhamizi eziningi ezingaziqondi. ," kusho u-Ernesto Estrada, umakadebona weMpi yase-Iraq futhi osebenzisana nenqubomgomo enhlanganweni ethi Swords to Plowshares.
Manje u-Estrada nabanye balinde ukubona imininingwane yeziphakamiso zikaShinseki. Izimpendulo zakhe emibuzweni eminingi eyabuzwa ngamalunga ephalamende zazingacacile, futhi akekho noyedwa kubenzi bomthetho owamcindezela ukuze acacise.
Ezimpendulweni zakhe ezibhaliwe zemibuzo evela kuSenator u-Akaka, isibonelo, u-Shinseki ukhulume ngezikhathi zokulinda isikhathi eside omakadebona ababhekana nazo ukuze bakhokhelwe izinkokhelo zokukhubazeka โKuningi engingakufunda mayelana nemininingwane yenqubo yokufaka izicelo, kodwa kimina kubonakala sengathi ukufika kwesikhathi kanye nekhwalithi. kufanele kube yizinto ezisemqoka ekuthathweni kwezinqumo,โ usho kanje.
Omakadebona banethemba lokuthi isithunzi sikaShinseki sokwethembeka sizoholela ekuguquleni indlela yokwenza izinto eMnyangweni Wezindaba Zomakadebona.
Ngaphansi kwe-Press. Bush, izikhulu eziphezulu ziye zazama ukufihla lezi zinkinga. Kwesinye isibonelo esibi, inhloko yophiko lwezempilo yengqondo ye-VA, uDkt. Ira Katz, wayala umkhulumeli wesikhungo ukuthi angatsheli i-CBS News ukuthi ama-veteran ayi-1,000 athola ukunakekelwa ku-VA ezama ukuzibulala njalo ngenyanga. Isihloko se-imeyili ka-Katz sifundeka kanje: "Shh!"
Bajezisiwe labo abadalule le nkinga. Ngo-2006, uDkt. Frances Murphy wayesebenza njengonobhala ongaphansi wokuxhumana kwenqubomgomo yezempilo e-VA lapho etshela iphephabhuku lezokwelapha i-Psychiatric News ukuthi izinhlu zokulinda ukunakekelwa kwezempilo yengqondo zinde kakhulu ukunakekelwa "cishe kwakungafinyeleleki". Ezinsukwini kamuva, uDkt. Murphy wathunyelwa ukupakisha.
Ngempela, uGeneral Shinseki wayenezakhe izimpi mayelana namaqiniso nokuphatha kukaBush.
Ememezela ukuqokwa ku-NBC, uMongameli okhethiwe u-Obama uthe ukhethe uShinseki ukuthi ahole i-VA ngoba "wayeqinisile" lapho exwayisa iCongress kanye nokuphatha kukaBush ngezingozi zempi
Njengonobhala Wezindaba Zomakadebona, uShinseki unxusa unethemba lokuthi uzoqhubeka nokutshela izwe amaqiniso angalungile mayelana nemiphumela yesikhathi eside yezimpi ezikhona.
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