Posted on 08/23/2009 6:52:33 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of Assistant Sec. of Veteran's Affairs Tammy Duckworth on Fox News Sunday being challenged by Chris Wallace about the booklet used by the Veteran's Administration to do "end of life counseling" with elderly or ill veterans about whether their "life is worth living." Critics have referred to it as a "Death Book for Veterans."
Duckworth is a veteran herself, and a hero, but she was totally wrong in this segment about whether this booklet is being used with veterans. She claimed it is not being used, but Wallace demonstrated that it is being used. She claims it is just one option that is available, but its use has not been approved at the highest levels of the Veteran's Administration.
At the end of the segment, Wallace flatly challenges her to take the Booklet off the VA website. She said it has to stay there because it was developed with federal grant money, but that it has a disclaimer telling people not to use it! Does that sound like government for you? . . . . (Watch Video)
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She said it was just a tool...sadly, SHE is the tool.
She is a more than willing tool and that is a betrayal of her fellow veterans.
Usual disclaimer -- grain of salt and all that....
link direct to (the full 20 min) video
http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/26011179/death-book-debate.htm
“We’re going to talk with Jim Towey, former director of faith-based initiatives in the Bush administration, who broke this story. And then we’ll turn to Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of veterans affairs. Miss Duckworth insisted on being interviewed separately.”
Anyone else get the sense that she was lying?
who has a link to the booklet?
I wasnt sure. I think it more likely that she was told what to say by sleazeball lying superiors who she naively trusts.
Yeah, like a lamb led to the slaughter. I imagine they thought she’d get a pass due to her personal history.
I think they should gather up every copy of this document, tie the guy who wrote it to the top, and set it on fire. It is that reprehensible.
I heard this segment in my car on Sirius And now I just saw the video.....Chris Wallace has come a long way....and he pressed this lady. She was lying or at the very minimum, She knew nothing and her rehearsed talking points were useless.
These are our Vets that they are supposed to help....and all I can see is a bunch of less than stellar model citizens who are more interested in the process from the government world that they exist in to give a one size fits all approach which is not good enough.
This is also relevant to the way in which any health plan would be implemented.
Thank you.
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