It was difficult to pinpoint precisely how the conditions described in this report could have persisted at the Medical Center for so many years.”

Thus begins the conclusion to the full report issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ investigative office, the follow-up to a scathing interim report issued one year ago about deficiencies at the Washington, D.C. VA Medical Center.

The interim report — issued quickly because of the dire

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