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“We Have No One”: How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis

By Eric Umansky, ProPublica · November 11, 2026

John Falchetto was a survivor. In Vietnam, his river gunboat came under devastating rocket fire. He was the only one to make it out alive. But this February, Falchetto, who had just turned 80, began to have piercing stomach pains. He was in distress for days. Finally, Falchetto went to the VA hospital in East Orange…

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“We Have No One”: How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis

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