David Shulkin: “I do believe that this President's budget allows us to meet the mission of the VA.”

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

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.

We just have to do more.

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.