David Shulkin: “I travel around the country. I get letters from all of you and from veterans directly.”

I came to Washington with the commitment to make our system work better for veterans. That's the commitment that I went to work every day. I continue to feel strongly about that. There was no reason why I would resign.

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…

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.

It is my hope we can work together to ensure talented medical professional remain in the VA to deliver quality care to our veterans.