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WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors has presented a scathing review of the Department of Veterans Affairs. President Barack Obama ordered a review amid reports of deficiencies in the veterans' health care system. The review cites "significant and chronic system failures" and systematically ignored warnings that merit fundamental restructuring.
VERNON, Ariz. (AP) — The wind in eastern Arizona's White Mountains is expected to lighten up today, which could enable crews to make up for ground lost a day earlier fighting an 8 square mile wildfire that has prompted some evacuations. Windy conditions yesterday pushed the so-called San Juan fire past key containment lines.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says if Congressional Republicans are angry that he's acting alone where he can to implement his economic agenda, they can join him so they can work together. In his weekly media message, Obama says he'll keep acting on his own as long as Republicans block his economic agenda. For the GOP Louisiana Rep. Bill Cassidy pushes growing the U.S. energy, manufacturing and construction industries, including approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says the U.S. has been feeding the Ukraine crisis by agitating Kiev toward challenging Moscow and pressuring the European Union on Russia sanctions. Lavrov spoke today in televised remarks.
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Russia's deputy foreign minister has called on the United States and Europe to take "serious" steps to combat terrorism, warning that several Middle Eastern countries are threatened. Sergei Ryabkov spoke to reporters today in Syria, where Russia supports President Bashar Assad's government. Apparently referring to the rapid advance of the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant across eastern Syria and northern Iraq, he says "Russia will not stand idle."
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