David Shulkin: “I want to be clear. I am committed to strengthening the VA system and will not support efforts to privatize this much…”

We just have to do more.

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.

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

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.