Obama saying he accepted his resignation with “regret.” For once I’d like to see Obama fire someone.

Via HuffPo:

Eric Shinseki, U.S. secretary of Veterans Affairs, resigned Friday amid a controversy involving delays in healthcare for military veterans.

President Barack Obama said he had accepted the VA chief’s resignation after meeting with Shinseki Friday. Obama also said the misconduct at Veterans Affairs hospitals “has not been limited to a few VA facilities.”

Shinseki initially met with President Barack Obama on May 21 to discuss allegations that doctors at a VA facility in Phoenix were ordered to put veterans’ names for months on a secret waiting list until a spot opened up on an official list to make the waiting times appear shorter. A report released Wednesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ internal watchdog said veterans at that hospital waited on average 115 days for their first medical appointment, an average of 91 days longer than the hospital had reported.