David Shulkin: “Veterans are not religions and Democrats and Republicans, they all bleed red.”

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 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 believe strongly, Anderson, that when it comes to V.A. and national security, we can't make this a political issue.

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