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Sherman contrasted that potential outlay with the administration’s plan to cut spending by reducing the VA staff.

Maehara said he couldn’t afford to incur the cost of an ambulance ride, so he called friends who took him to the VA hospital in Long Beach.

The order comes at a critical moment in a trail of litigation over the VA’s management of the campus.

Taking the stand in his own defense, Charron described himself as a former combat medic with a 100% disability rating who received psychiatric treatment at the VA.

Carter tentatively approved that agreement, but the VA rejected it, leaving the school caught in the middle.