According to the Chicago Sun-Times, "Illinois' wounded veterans are receiving among the lowest disability pay in the nation possibly because federal Veterans Affairs disability raters in Chicago are too harsh and inadequately trained, top VA officials said Friday." VA's new Secretary, Robert James "Jim" Nicholson, the former head of the Republican Party, reached his unsupported conclusion even though the investigation into payment problems remains incomplete. These comments demonstrate an extreme bias among VA brass. New political appointees shouldn't recklessly undermine employee morale.

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