Federal News Radio – More than four years after a wait time scandal rocked the agency and decimated trust among veterans, employees and members of Congress, the Veterans Affairs Department still suffers from a “trust deficit.” So say members of the Senate VA Committee, which, in the days and hours leading up to Wednesday’s nomination hearing for two top-level leaders, said they felt blindsided by the department, which didn’t proactively inform them of new challenges with the GI bill and a surprising report on VA vacancies.
