It's all about priorities…

The Carpetbagger clips a gem from the WaPo...

"As you know," Deputy Undersecretary [at the Veterans Health Administration] Laura Miller said on the May 27 call, "many of our facilities, medical centers, CBOCs" — that's community-based outpatient clinics; there are about 850 of them in the country, many in rural areas and some open only one to two days a month — "and [other] offices have a picture of Secretary [Jim] Nicholson prominently displayed.

"Unfortunately, however," Miller continued, "there are many facilities that currently do not have the picture displayed. I am aware that the mailings of the pictures occurred on April 22, 2005." So that's more than five full weeks.

"Dr. Perlin" — that's Jonathan B. Perlin , undersecretary for health, who revealed the $1 billion shortfall after being grilled by committee Chairman Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) — "and I cannot stress the importance of this enough," she said. "We are asking that you give this your highest priority. We will continue to ask for daily updates on the status until we are assured that all of our facilities have a current picture displayed." (my emphasis)

Bushco™ - hate the vets, love the bureaucrats.

Maybe they should hang that commandment about graven images in the VA offices...