David Shulkin: “I believe that is essential for us to clarify that to be able to get more help to veterans.”

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

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.

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

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…