David Shulkin: “We hope there will be coordination within the IHLs so that the person actually talking to the student is aware of the…”

We think that VA offers tremendous training opportunities, and, frankly, it is in our interest to train these students.

We want to make this easier for veterans to access private sector services when they need it, when it is the best thing for them.

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 am confident that we made the right decision here, that Congress has been asking us, for now 18 years, to find a way to get our systems to work together with the Department of Defense.