Outside Navy construction expert joins probe of VA hospital cost

<p>(CPR News/John Daley)</p>
<p>Construction at the VA medical center in Aurora on Saturday, April 18, 2015.</p>
Photo: VA medical center construcrion, blue crane
Construction at the VA medical center in Aurora on Saturday, April 18, 2015.

The Navy said Thursday it approved the arrangement Tuesday. The Associated Press had reported Tuesday that the Veterans Affairs Department was still waiting for the Navy to answer a request submitted in February.