David Shulkin: “Nothing is more important to me than making sure that we don't lose any veterans to suicide.”

VA OIG reports 'must be accurate,' 'must be fair,' and 'must be objective.' This report is none of those things.

This is a tough job for anybody to do. What the successful secretary needs to do is to build a team around them because this is bigger than any one person, and to work very collaboratively with veteran service organizations and Congress.

I wasn't willing to do that. I don't think that's the right thing for veterans and I stood up against them.

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.