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Article: VA faults self over Chantix test; Peake awaits review, vows accountability.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2008
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Byline: Audrey Hudson and Jennifer Haberkorn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Department of Veterans Affairs watchdogs have concluded that the department failed to alert veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in a timely manner to the dangers posed by a drug it was prescribing, VA officials acknowledged Wednesday under sharp questioning from lawmakers.
The legislators also were told that the department's inspector general has begun investigating a report that research personnel falsified certain study records at the VA Medical Center in the District.
"That is something we need to make sure never happens again," VA Secretary James B. Peake ...