David Shulkin: “I have long said that the lack of continuity at the VA is a challenge to the organization.”

It just simply couldn't work by turning on a switch and privatizing it.

We think that VA offers tremendous training opportunities, and, frankly, it is in our interest to train these students.

I think the way the findings were used -- were used in a political way. Not by the inspector general, but by the political appointees within V.A.

I received a phone call saying that the President wanted to make a change, and that's certainly his prerogative to do that, and that's what happened.