Eric Shinseki: “You have got to come to work with a passion to do what we are asked to do, as difficult as it is.”

I do not think any veteran, whatever the condition, should have to wait that long in any of our facilities, whether it is an emergency room or a clinic.

No one who has served this Nation should ever find themselves living without care and without hope.

It is okay to say, 'I have a mental health problem.'

We have hired--we have over 100,000 veterans as part of our workforce, fully 30 percent, and our goal is 40 percent.