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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki makes his way from the room following his testimony at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Senator John McCain (R-AZ) who is not on the committee but was asked to join in the hearing, asks a question of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel, during their testimony at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki (right) and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel (left) raise their right hands and are sworn-in prior to their testimony at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki (left) and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel, respond to a question during their testimony at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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After giving his own testimony, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki (left) respectfully remains afterwards, to listen as veterans sit at the witness table and give their testimony during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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After giving his own testimony, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki (left) respectfully remains afterwards, to listen as veterans sit at the witness table and give their testimony during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki responds to a question as he and Under Secretary for Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, Robert A. Petzel, testify during a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing titled "The State of VA Health Care" in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC., Tuesday, May 13, 20124. (Photo Rod Lamkey Jr.)
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Senate Minority Leader Bob Huff, R-Diamond Bar, called on members of the Senate to approve a measure to place a rainy day fund on the November ballot at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, May 15, 2014. Receiving bipartisan support, lawmakers in both houses approved the bill that will place a proposed constitutional amendment before voters that will create a budget reserve funded primarily from excess capital gains revenue during boom years as well as an annual contribution equal to 1.5 percent of the state's general fund. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Carmen Burley-Rawls, 20, center, protests outside a Krystal restaurant demanding higher wages and worker's unions, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Burger King employee Brittany Buckhannon, 24, right, demonstrates during a protest for higher wages and worker's unions outside a McDonald's restaurant, Thursday, May 15, 2014, in Atlanta. Calling for higher pay and the right to form a union without retaliation, fast-food chain workers protested Thursday as part of a wave of strikes and protests in 150 cities across the U.S. and 33 additional countries on six continents. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
