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“The use of illegal drugs by VA employees is inconsistent with the special trust placed in such employees who care for veterans.” Carolyn Clancy, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs official, reporting to a House subcommittee on gaps that had allowed thousands of staff members to go unchecked for signs of illicit drug use Article, this page

AP/Loveland Reporter-Herald/JENNY SPARKS A crane lifts an airplane that crashed Monday in Culver Reservoir near Berthoud, Colo. Two people who were in the plane were later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.