David Shulkin: “It is not designed to privatize VA. It is designed to provide veterans the best care available in the most timely…”

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.

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 came to Washington with the commitment to make our system work better for veterans. That's the commitment that I went to work every day. I continue to feel strongly about that. There was no reason why I would resign.

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…