David Shulkin: “I do regret the decisions that have been made that have taken the focus off of that important work.”

I do believe that our unions are productive partners with us, and I do really appreciate the collaboration that we have because I believe that they care about getting the right services to Veterans.

Since April of 2017, I think this is a very much better environment for our veterans.

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

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.