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Bill Cassidy: “I cannot believe in the private sector there would be such a reluctance to hold those who were venal and incompetent…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
I cannot believe in the private sector there would be such a reluctance to hold those who were venal and incompetent accountable to the degree that they would be let go.
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Bill Cassidy
Republican · Louisiana

Editor's note · Context

Cassidy questions the lack of accountability for incompetent VA employees.

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