"It's been a while since a news story so quickly provoked such a storm of public indignation that a cabinet secretary -- deservedly or not -- had no choice but to resign," notes Lee Hamilton of the news reports of long lines at Veterans Admininstration hospitals and the fallout that followed. The former congressman and 1952 graduate of DePauw University adds that "it's a reminder of just how important old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting remains to our system of government, especially when it uncovers...
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