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VA’s top health official resigns amid furor — But some calling for Secretary Eric Shinseki to step down from office

May 22, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Pauline Jelinek Associated Press WASHINGTON – The top official for the health care of veterans resigned Friday amid a firestorm over reported delays in care and falsified records at veterans hospitals. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki said he has accepted the resignation of Robert Petzel, the department’s undersecretary for health care, effective immediately. Shinseki […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, House Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner, House Veterans Affairs Committee, Jeff Miller, Jeffrey Murawsky, President Barack Obama, Richard Griffin, Robert Petzel, United States, VA, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, Vol 33 No 22 | May 24 - May 30, White House

Senator: Immigration bill to pass by beginning of July

June 8, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Philip Elliott The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — A lawmaker who helped negotiate a bipartisan bill to overhaul the U.S. immigration system predicted on June 2 that comprehensive legislation would overwhelmingly pass the Senate by July 4 while House Republicans cautioned that they would write their own version, one piece at a time.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, Chuck Schumer, Congressman Boehner, Florida Republican, Fox News Sunday, House Republicans, NBC, New York, President Barack Obama, Republican Party, Republican-led House, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Immigration, Speaker John Boehner, United States, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, WASHINGTON

Illegal immigration drops after decade of growth

December 15, 2012 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hope Yen The Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — New census data released Thursday, Dec. 6 affirms a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2012, Asian Americans, Brookings Institution, Census Bureau, Define American, Fewer Mexican, Foreign-born Asians, House Republicans, Jeffrey Passel, Latin Americans, Mark Mather, Mexico, National Asian American Survey, New York, Population Reference Bureau, President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, Senate Democrats, United States, Vol 31 No 51 | December 15 - December 21, WASHINGTON

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