Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki resigns after report
US Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has resigned amid a scandal over delayed care and falsified records at the agency's hospitals.
President Barack Obama said Mr Shinseki told him he did not want to be a distraction as the agency tried to fix Veterans Affairs hospitals.
The BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan reports that Mr Obama said he accepted the resignation "with considerable regret".
30 May 2014
- From the section US & Canada