Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Sen. Patty Murray says an emergency spending bill headed to the Senate includes $64 million to help rebuild roads damaged in devastating floods in Washington state.
Hot Air (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Hillary and Obama are to the Left of Patty Murray and Chris Dodd on judges.
The Rick Honcho & Dr. Katie Show (Free subscription) | 05/01/2008
MoveOn.org met with Senator Patty Murray's office to give them a report they made about Iraq. Apparently some extreme liberal MoveOn.org members took time off from their jobs (if they have them) and went to Bellevue to complain at her office. It did not go that well, and security almost broke it up before it [...]
Seattle Pos (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
After a very long wait, Sen. Patty Murray sees Washington's Wild Sky Wilderness area become reality.
TexasFreds (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
WASHINGTON – The Veterans Administration has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing an internal e-mail that put the number at 12,000 a year while the department was publicly saying it was fewer than 800. The Feb. 13 e-mail by Dr. Ira Katz, the man in charge [...]
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
The U.S. Senate is finally getting on the Veterans Administration's (VA) case. Spurred by a class action suit which is now going to trial, Sen. Patty Murray has demanded the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the head of the agency's mental health wing. As...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chair Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) and committee member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Tuesday called for the resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Director Ira Katz, alleging he withheld important information regarding suicide risk among veterans, the AP/Washington Post reports.
NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
April 22, 2008 WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator on Tuesday called for the chief mental health official of the Department of Veterans Affairs to resign, saying he tried to cover up the rising number of veteran suicides. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's mental health director, deliberately withheld crucial information on the true suicide risk among veterans. "Doctor...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
The Department of Veterans Affairs has lied about the number of veterans who have attempted suicide, Sen. Patty Murray said Wednesday, citing...
PeakDems (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
I really didn't hate them: A CBS News report yesterday revealed that the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld information about the suicide risk among veterans. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) called for the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the VA’s top official for mental health, who questioned whether to give information...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Senators Want VA Official Out For Suicide Cover Up NEW YORK (CBS News) ― In the wake of a CBS News report that revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld critical information about the true suicide risk among veterans, Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, today both called for the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's top official for mental...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator on Tuesday called for the chief mental health official of the Department of Veterans Affairs to resign, saying he tried to cover up the rising number of veteran suicides. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said Dr.
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
In the wake of a CBS News report yesterday that revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld information about the suicide risk among veterans, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) called for the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the VA’s top official for mental health, who questioned [...]
Free Internet Press (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Two Democratic senators on Tuesday called for the chief mental health official of the Veterans Affairs Department to resign, saying he tried to cover up the rising number of veteran suicides. U.S. Sens. Daniel Akaka, of Hawaii, and Patty Murray, of Washington state, said Dr. Ira Katz, the V.A.'s mental health director, withheld crucial information on the true suicide risk among veterans....
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
In the wake of a CBS News report that revealed the Department of Veterans Affairs deliberately withheld critical information about the true suicide risk among veterans, Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, today both called for the resignation of Dr. Ira Katz, the VA's top official for mental health.
