David Shulkin: “I want people to know that working at the VA is a tremendous privilege.”

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

I wasn't willing to do that. I don't think that's the right thing for veterans and I stood up against them.

I received a phone call saying that the President wanted to make a change, and that's certainly his prerogative to do that, and that's what happened.

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…