VA Watchdog: VA strikes back at CBS for doing their job

The VA is striking back at CBS News for their reporting on veterans and suicide.
The first CBS report is here...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111407-10.htm
The second is here...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111507-10.htm
But, the VA's arguments, against CBS and for their own advocacy, do NOT hold water.
VA's self-congratulatory press release (below) speaks of all they have done in the area of suicide prevention. Truth be told, VA has virtually ignored the problem of veterans and suicide until this year.
In the wake of the Walter Reed scandal and the ensuing stories about problems in VA healthcare, the VA added more suicide counselors.
Their suicide hotline did not get started until late July of this year.
go here for the rest
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf111607-1.htm

It took CBS months of hard work but the VA has had years. No excuse will work now.