David Shulkin: “We believe that we understand the needs of veterans best.”

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

The VISN model was put in place close to 20 years ago, a very innovative model that has served VA well.

It is my hope we can work together to ensure talented medical professional remain in the VA to deliver quality care to our veterans.

But like any business, the times change, the needs change and it's time for us to look at how we operate our networks differently to get the type of accountability that's needed to make sure we don't see the failures that we saw here in…