4/2/2018

CABINET/DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has repeatedly insisted that the White House fired him from his job at the department. The White House says Shulkin resigned. Which of those two things actually happened could have sweeping implications that could throw an agency beset with challenges even further into turmoil. When […]

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3/30/2018

DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin isn’t going anywhere. In the hours since President Donald Trump fired Shulkin, announcing in a signature tweet that he planned to replace him with White House physician Ronny Jackson, the former secretary has waged a scorched earth campaign, sitting for a slew of TV […]

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3/29/2018

DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Trump’s dismissal of David J. Shulkin, the secretary of veterans affairs — and the nomination of a Navy doctor with no known policy views to take his place — has brought renewed focus to an increasingly contentious debate over whether to give veterans the option of using the benefits they […]

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3/29/2018

DAVID SHULKIN//TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Capitol Hill lawmakers reacted guardedly to President Donald Trump’s nomination of the White House physician to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, with key members noting that they know little about him. Dr. Ronny Jackson, a U.S. Navy rear admiral who has served as a White House physician during the […]

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3/29/2018

DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin used an op-ed late Wednesday [3-28-18] to blast ‘the environment in Washington’ that ‘has turned so toxic, chaotic, disrespectful and subversive that it became impossible for me to accomplish the important work’ of his job. ‘As I prepare to leave government,’ he wrote in an op-ed […]

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3/28/2018

DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [3-28-18] said he had ousted his Veterans Affairs secretary, David Shulkin, and tapped the White House physician, Ronny Jackson, as his replacement…Dr. Jackson is a U.S. Navy rear admiral who has served as a White House physician during the past three administrations. In that role, […]

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3/25/2018

DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump indicated this weekend to associates he is preparing to oust Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, a source familiar with the conversations confirmed to CNN. CNN’s Jeff Zeleny has reported two officials said Shulkin remains the most vulnerable cabinet member. The announcement could happen as early as this […]

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