2020 ELECTION/CORRUPTION/MILITARY/QUOTE/SPACE FORCE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/VOTER FRAUD/WALL: “‘President Trump has done many great things (biggest tax & regulation cuts in history, Space Force, rebuilding our military, fixing the V.A., the Wall), but perhaps the most important of all will be what he is doing now, exposing the massive corruption in our Electoral Process.’“ [Editor’s Note: Twitter […]
Category: VA
10/31/2020
IRAN/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/PENNSYLVANIA/TERRORISM/VA/WAR: “We invested $2.5 TRILLION in the Military and we saved the Philly Shipyard. We passed VA Choice and VA Accountability. [Iraqi terrorist Abu Bakr] Al-Baghdadi and [Iranian major general Qasem] Soleimani are DEAD. I withdrew from the disastrous Iran Nuclear Deal—and instead of endless war, we are forging PEACE in the Middle East!“ […]
10/12/2020
HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/VA/VETS: “307,000 Veterans Died waiting for Healthcare at the V.A. During Sleepy Joe Biden’s Watch. 800,000 Records Stalled! A complete and total disaster.“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 12, 2020 10:01 am […]
10/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/VOTING: “BEST V.A. EVER. 91% APPROVAL RATING. VOTE!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 1:00 am […]
9/23/2020
JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/WAR: “I hardly know Cindy McCain other than having put her on a Committee at her husband’s request. Joe Biden was John McCain’s lapdog. So many BAD decisions on Endless Wars & the V.A., which I brought from a horror show to HIGH APPROVAL. Never a fan of John. Cindy can […]
9/5/2020
2020 ELECTION/DEMS/JOE BIDEN/JOHN MCCAIN/MEDIA/MILITARY/OBAMA/VA: “You work so hard for the military, from completely rebuilding a depleted mess that was left by OBiden, to fixing a broken V.A. and fighting for large scale military pay raises, and then a slimeball reporter, maybe working with disgruntled people, makes up such a horrible charge.. ….This reminds me of […]
9/3/2020
2020 ELECTION/ARIZONA/FAKE NEWS/JOHN MCCAIN/MILITARY/VA/VETS/WAR: “I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given […]
5/12/2020
2A/GOP/MILITARY/TAXES/VA: “So interesting to see all of these people I beat so badly, pundits & consultants that never had a chance, telling me how to run for office. Many are Republicans who should LOVE our 280 new Judges, rebuilt Military, 2A, great V.A. Low Taxes, etc. Just don’t like that I beat them!“ –Donald Trump, […]
1/3/2020
IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “RT @JesseKellyDC: If you’ve been to a VA hospital in recent years and seen a young man missing limbs, there’s a reasonable chance Qasem Sol…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 11:03 am […]
11/17/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Visited a great family of a young man under major surgery at the amazing Walter Reed Medical Center. Those are truly some of the best doctors anywhere in the world. Also began phase one of my yearly physical. Everything very good (great!). Will complete next year.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 17, 2019 […]
11/6/2019
HEALTHCARE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “A health program for veterans that President Trump heralds as a triumphant success is struggling to make its network of doctors as large as required to meet an aggressive expansion of care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities, officials said. The company managing the new program in a majority of […]
8/28/2019
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “RT @mike_pence: During the last Administration the VA was removing Bibles & even banning Christmas carols to be politically correct, but un…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2019 9:32 pm […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is correct, the VA is not broken, it is doing great. But that is only because of the Trump Administration. We got Veterans Choice & Accountability passed. ‘President Trump deserves a lot of credit.’ Dan Caldwell, Concerned Veterans of America” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2019 11:54 am […]
4/24/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Rep. Occasio-Cortez is correct, the VA is not broken, it is doing great. But that is only because of the Trump Administration. We got Veterans Choice & Accountability passed. ‘President Trump deserves a lot of credit.’ Dan Caldwell, Concerned Veterans of America” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 24, 2019 11:48 am […]
3/14/2019
RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The top communications official at the Department of Veterans Affairs, John Ullyot, announced his resignation Thursday, according to an internal email obtained by CNN and a statement from Secretary Robert Wilkie. Ullyot will officially leave his post as the assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs in early April and will be ‘announcing […]
3/5/2019
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VA/VETS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. On average, 20 service members and veterans die by suicide each day. As a Nation, we must do better in fulfilling our solemn […]
2/1/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump will undergo his annual physical exam next week, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told CNN…Trump’s physical exam year sparked controversy after Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the physician to the President at the time, described Trump as being in ‘excellent health’ despite revealing that the President was borderline […]
12/30/2018
BORDER/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/WALL: “Veterans on President Trump’s handling of Border Security – 62% Approval Rating. On being a strong leader – 59%. AP Poll. Thank you!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 30, 2018 10:28 am […]
11/15/2018
DEMS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth said Thursday [11-15-18] that President Donald Trump has ‘failed miserably’ in his attempts to support US troops. ‘He’s failed miserably when it comes to supporting our troops and their families,’ the senator from Illinois said. Duckworth is a veteran who lost both legs during an explosion in Iraq […]
11/15/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Last year, I signed the landmark VA Accountability Act to ensure those who mistreat our Veterans can be held fully accountable. Since my inauguration, we have removed more than 3,600 government employees who were not giving our Vets the care they deserve…. https://t.co/KqWXXt7D4U” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 15, 2018 3:39 pm […]
11/15/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “It was my great honor to host a @WhiteHouse Conference on Supporting Veterans & Military Families… To everyone here today who has served our Country in uniform, & to every Veteran & Military family across our land, I want to express the eternal gratitude of our entire Nation! https://t.co/MK8jUaTGFK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “David Hansen tried to get the words out. ‘I lost my health care,’ he began to say, his voice unexpectedly cracking, barely audible in the din of a people-packed and sweltering warehouse in Nicholasville, Kentucky. At 59, a US Navy veteran and registered Republican, Hansen lowered his head, unable to look at […]
9/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Promises Kept for our GREAT Veterans! https://t.co/C0h8cW4FuH“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:11 pm […]
9/20/2018
COURTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UNION/VA: “A union that represents employees at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Missouri has asked a federal judge to hold the agency in contempt of her ruling that struck down key provisions of three executive orders on federal civil service issued by President Donald Trump. Local 3399 of the American Federation […]
7/31/2018
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “RT @dougmillsnyt: .@realDonaldTrump pumps his fist after his new Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie is sworn-in by @VP Mike Pence…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2018 5:29 am […]
7/24/2018
RACISM/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A senior Trump administration appointee at the Department of Veterans Affairs spread birther conspiracy theories about then-President Barack Obama and made anti-Muslim comments on social media while working for the Trump campaign in Arizona. Thayer Verschoor, the VA’s executive director of intergovernmental affairs, is a former Arizona state Senate majority leader and longtime […]
7/24/2018
CAMPAIGN/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Donald Trump urged the audience before him on Tuesday [7-24-18] to support a Missouri Republican’s Senate campaign, smeared Democrats and warned the crowd not to ‘believe the crap you hear from (the media.)’ The speech amounted to a typical political stump speech for Trump, all except for the setting. Instead of […]
7/10/2018
NOMINATIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A Senate committee voted on Tuesday [7-10-18] to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, after a largely noncontroversial confirmation hearing last month. Trump nominated Robert Wilkie, who is a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the department after ousting former VA Secretary David Shulkin. The President initially […]
7/5/2018
DEMS/ELIZABETH WARREN/ME TOO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday [7-5-18] during a freewheeling, raucous rally ostensibly intended to solidify support for Montana’s Republican Senate candidate. Taunting Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, with […]
6/15/2018
CABINET/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The last two secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs were private-sector outsiders intent on bringing expertise from beyond Washington’s Capital Beltway into the VA. But Robert Wilkie, President Donald Trump’s presumptive nominee to head the department, is the opposite—a long-serving public official steeped in federal bureaucracy. Mr. Wilkie has decades of […]
6/6/2018
MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “We must always protect those who protect us. Today, it was my great honor to sign the #VAMissionAct and to make Veterans Choice the permanent law of the land! https://t.co/VV3GdDISbD https://t.co/4OsUDWIzwo“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 6, 2018 4:41 pm […]
6/6/2018
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Donald Trump’s vendetta against Sen. Jon Tester took a snippy turn today when the Democratic senator from Montana was left off the invite list for a White House signing of a VA bill that he had co-written. Although the VA Mission Act passed 92-5 in the Senate and 347-70 in the […]
6/6/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Donald Trump will sign into law this afternoon a sweeping measure to revamp the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health-care system, changing the way veterans get care in the private sector and empowering the VA secretary to make major administrative changes. But the VA secretary who helped craft the bill was recently […]
6/4/2018
DEFENSE/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The Pentagon’s inspector general is investigating President Donald Trump’s former personal physician, who was accused of unprofessional behavior while being considered to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Bruce Anderson, a spokesman for the Defense Department’s inspector general, said in a statement Monday [6-4-18] the watchdog has ‘initiated an investigation into […]
5/29/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s campaign increased its spending after President Donald Trump vowed in April to make the Montana Democrat pay politically for sinking his nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. Tester’s campaign spent about $790,000 on television and internet advertising in the two weeks following Trump’s comments, according to […]
5/29/2018
ECONOMY/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Sorry, I’ve got to start focusing my energy on North Korea Nuclear, bad Trade Deals, VA Choice, the Economy, rebuilding the Military, and so much more, and not on the Rigged Russia Witch Hunt that should be investigating Clinton/Russia/FBI/Justice/Obama/Comey/Lynch etc.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 29, 2018 6:27 am […]
5/25/2018
MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “RT @Scavino45: Last week after visiting FLOTUS Melania, POTUS Trump went to visit wounded HEROES at Walter Reed Medical Center. He told the…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 25, 2018 4:13 am […]
5/18/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Trump announced on Friday [5-18-18] that he intended to nominate Robert Wilkie, the acting secretary of veterans affairs, to take over the sprawling agency, a move that the president said would surprise Mr. Wilkie because he was learning about it only as it was being revealed. The president made the […]
5/17/2018
VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was my great honor to visit with our HEROES last night at Walter Reed Medical Center. There is nobody like them! https://t.co/fG5W1SwIHK“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 17, 2018 5:17 pm […]
5/17/2018
HOLIDAY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “Congrats to the House for passing the VA MISSION Act yesterday. Without this funding our veterans will be forced to stand in never ending lines in order to receive care. Putting politics over our veterans care is UNACCEPTABLE – Senate must vote yes on this bill by Memorial Day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
5/16/2018
HOLIDAY/HOUSE OR REPS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “House votes today on Choice/MISSION Act. Who will stand with our Great Vets, caregivers, and Veterans Service Organizations? Must get Choice passed by Memorial Day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2018 12:21 pm […]
5/3/2018
CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “This spring marks 4yrs since the Phoenix VA crisis. We won’t forget what happened to our GREAT VETS. Choice is vital, but the program needs work & is running out of $. Congress must fix Choice Program by Memorial Day so VETS can get the care they deserve. I will sign immediately!” […]
5/2/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump is considering the former chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs after his previous pick withdrew under fire, a White House official said on Wednesday [5-2-18]. Trump will interview Jeff Miller, a fellow Republican from Florida who served in Congress […]
4/30/2018
JOHN KELLY/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The search for a new Veterans Affairs chief is wide open, with President Donald Trump considering as potential nominees a former Republican congressman, a hospital executive and his White House chief of staff, John Kelly, people familiar with the matter said. Dr. Ronny Jackson, the president’s doctor, pulled out of the running […]
4/30/2018
MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Vice President Mike Pence’s physician privately raised alarms within the White House last fall that President Donald Trump’s doctor may have violated federal privacy protections for a key patient — Pence’s wife, Karen — and intimidated the vice president’s doctor during angry confrontations over the episode. The previously unreported incident is the […]
4/30/2018
POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “It makes all the sense in the world that President Donald Trump would personally go after Sen. Jon Tester. Mysteriously and without any proof, Trump said he knows things that could sink the Montana Democrat’s re-election bid. We assume this is a specious claim from a master conspiracy theorist until we see […]
4/30/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee refused Monday [4-30-18] to agree with President Donald Trump’s criticism of the panel’s top Democrat, Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, nor the President’s call for the Montana Democrat to resign in the wake of the Dr. Ronny Jackson scandal. ‘I’m not in the critiquing […]
4/28/2018
DEMS/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA:: “Secret Service has just informed me that Senator Jon Tester’s statements on Admiral Jackson are not true. There were no such findings. A horrible thing that we in D.C. must live with, just like phony Russian Collusion. Tester should lose race in Montana. Very dishonest and sick!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2018 […]
4/28/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “….great people of Montana will not stand for this kind of slander when talking of a great human being. Admiral Jackson is the kind of man that those in Montana would most respect and admire, and now, for no reason whatsoever, his reputation has been shattered. Not fair, Tester!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April […]
4/28/2018
DEMS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Allegations made by Senator Jon Tester against Admiral/Doctor Ron Jackson are proving false. The Secret Service is unable to confirm (in fact they deny) any of the phony Democrat charges which have absolutely devastated the wonderful Jackson family. Tester should resign. The…..” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2018 7:07 am […]
4/27/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump is calling White House doctor Ronny Jackson an ‘American hero’ a day after Jackson withdrew from consideration for Veterans Affairs secretary in the wake of allegations about his conduct. Trump says during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Jackson is ‘a great doctor’ and ‘a great […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “The White House withdrew the nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician, to lead the Veterans Affairs Department on Thursday [4-26-18] after lawmakers went public with a torrent of accusations leveled against him by nearly two dozen current and former colleagues from the White House medical staff. In a statement […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Dr. Ronny Jackson exuded confidence when he emerged from a Capitol Hill office Tuesday 4-24-18] evening, telling reporters that he looked forward to answering tough questions from lawmakers about his past. By Thursday [4-26-18] morning, Jackson was back in the White House basement, returning to his job as the President’s physician […]
4/26/2018
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Jon Tester didn’t intend to play a central role in taking down President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Veterans Affairs Department. Yet that’s exactly what the Montana Democrat ended up doing And now, Trump is coming after him.The president is enraged over Tester’s work documenting allegations of malfeasance by Rear […]
4/26/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Veterans Affairs department withdrew his candidacy Thursday morning, following the release of allegations that he wrecked a government vehicle while drunk and freely gave out prescription drugs without paperwork. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who is Mr. Trump’s White House physician, took himself out of the running after […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid accusations that as the White House doctor he oversaw a hostile work environment, improperly dispensed prescription drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a midday news […]
4/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “For Senate Republicans, the question of the day is not if, but when, President Donald Trump pulls the plug on Ronny Jackson. GOP support for the Veterans Affairs nominee has cratered in the face of allegations of misconduct as White House physician. Jackson already faced serious doubts over his lack of management experience. […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Ronny Jackson is fighting to salvage his imperiled nomination to be veterans affairs chief as more details emerge about accusations from his time as a top White House doctor, including repeated drunkenness and a ‘toxic’ work environment. President Donald Trump has suggested publicly that Jackson may want to withdraw, citing what Trump calls […]
4/25/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “During an overseas trip in 2015, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the White House physician, was intoxicated and banged on the hotel room door of a female employee, according to four sources familiar with the allegation. The incident became so noisy, one source familiar with the allegation told CNN, that the Secret Service stopped […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/VA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump acknowledged Tuesday [4-24-18] that Ronny L. Jackson, his nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, is in serious trouble amid allegations that he oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House doctor, allowed the overprescribing of drugs and possibly drank on the job. Speaking at a news conference […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “Capitol Hill was once again flung into damage control mode Tuesday [4-24-18] as Republicans and Democrats attempted to understand the severity of allegations being made against Ronny Jackson, the President’s pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. It’s a scenario that some lawmakers argue has become all too familiar in the Trump […]
4/24/2018
DRUGS/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “A top Senate Democrat says allegations against President Donald Trump’s pick to lead Veterans Affairs involve him being “repeatedly drunk” when he was a White House physician. Sen. Jon Tester of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is reviewing the allegations against Ronny Jackson, a White House doctor since 2006. He tells NPR the […]
4/24/2018
NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “When President Donald Trump named White House physician Ronny Jackson as his choice to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, it caught lots of people — inside and outside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — by surprise. After all, Jackson had never run an agency even close to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
3/28/2018
DAVID SHULKIN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “….In the interim, Hon. Robert Wilkie of DOD will serve as Acting Secretary. I am thankful for Dr. David Shulkin’s service to our country and to our GREAT VETERANS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 28, 2018 4:31pm […]
3/28/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “I am pleased to announce that I intend to nominate highly respected Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Mar. 28, 2018 4:31pm […]
3/13/2018
ENERGY/ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/RICK PERRY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Donald Trump is considering replacing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with candidates including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, according to an administration official, after an inspector general’s report last month said Dr. Shulkin had misspent taxpayer money during an official trip to Europe last year. The official said the discussions […]
3/14/2018
ENERGY/RICK PERRY/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump is considering replacing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with candidates including Energy Secretary Rick Perry, according to an administration official, after an inspector general’s report last month said Dr. Shulkin had misspent taxpayer money during an official trip to Europe last year. The official said the discussions of replacing […]
3/7/2018
VA/VETS: “A report from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs inspector general found that the Washington DC VA Medical Center has for years ‘suffered a series of systemic and programmatic failures to consistently deliver timely and quality patient care,’ and heightening the potential for waste, fraud and abuse of government resources. The report released Wednesday [3-7-18] […]
3/5/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/VA/VETS: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Monday [3-5-18] that the Trump administration continues to review a report from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general that found that Secretary David Shulkin misused taxpayer funds during a trip to Europe. ‘Secretary Shulkin has repaid, I know, several thousand dollars toward some of the […]
2/15/2018
ETHICS/VA/VETS: “Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Thursday [2-15-18] he would reimburse the U.S. government for costs associated with a trip to Europe that was the subject of a critical internal-watchdog report, and added that he wouldn’t resign. Dr. Shulkin told reporters that he would pay back the government for his wife’s travel costs for […]
2/14/2018
ETHICS/VA/VETS: “Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted a gift of Wimbledon tennis tickets, misspent taxpayer money and misused department resources in an official trip to Europe last year, according to an inspector general’s report released Wednesday [2-15-18]. The report also said a department employee acted as a ‘personal travel concierge’ during the trip to […]
2/14/2018
ETHICS/VA/VETS: “Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted a gift of Wimbledon tennis tickets, misspent taxpayer money and misused department resources in an official trip to Europe last year, according to an inspector general’s report released Wednesday [2-14-18]. The report also said a department employee acted as a ‘personal travel concierge’ during the trip to […]
1/9/2018
TRUMP EXEC ORDER/VA/VETS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to support the health and well-being of uniformed service members and veterans. After serving our […]
1/9/2018
TRUMP EXEC ORDER/VA/VETS: “Today, it was my great honor to sign a new Executive Order to ensure Veterans have the resources they need as they transition back to civilian life. We must ensure that our HEROES are given the care and support they so richly deserve! https://t.co/0MdP9DDIAS https://t.co/LP2a8KCBAp” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 9, 2018 06:07pm […]
1/9/2018
DEFENSE/DHS/HEALTHCARE/MILITARY/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VA/VETS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to support the health and well-being of uniformed service members and veterans. After serving our […]
1/2/2018
VA/VETS: “We will not rest until all of America’s GREAT VETERANS can receive the care they so richly deserve. Tremendous progress has been made in a short period of time. Keep up the great work @SecShulkin @DeptVetAffairs! https://t.co/ir25vW15hx https://t.co/OtuzIgxMn6” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Jan. 2, 2018 01:11pm […]
12/21/2017
HEALTHCARE/VA/VETS: “A system set up by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2014 to pay private-sector health-care providers was plagued by delays and overpayments, hampering the multibillion-dollar effort to reduce appointment wait times, a federal watchdog office said Thursday [12-21-17]. Over a two-year period through 2016, the VA made approximately 224,000 payment errors resulting in […]
12/7/2017
BUDGET/HUD/VA/VETS: “Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has killed a plan to shift money from a major homelessness program in response to a wave of protest from veterans’ advocates, who said the move would aggravate conditions for chronically ill and vulnerable vets. Advocates for veterans, state officials and even officials from HUD, which co-sponsors the $460 […]
11/20/2017
HEALTHCARE/VA/VETS: “The top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs said he wants private-sector providers to play a larger role in veterans’ health care, a view likely to draw opposition for a Trump cabinet member who has enjoyed rare bipartisan support. David Shulkin said in an interview that he wants to make the VA’s hospital […]
10/13/2017
HHS/VA/VETS: “David Shulkin, the current U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and a holdover from the Obama administration, has been interviewed by the White House for the top job at Health and Human Services, according to sources familiar with the meetings. He is one of a number of leading contenders for the position, which has been […]
10/3/2017
ETHICS/VA/VETS: “The VA’s inspector general is reviewing Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin’s July business trip to London and Denmark, which included meetings with Danish and UK officials as well as a stop at Wimbledon. It’s now the fifth investigation into a member of the Trump administration’s travel by a department inspector general. Shulkin joins Environmental […]
8/28/2017
OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA/VETS: “VA Secretary David Shulkin has proved to be something unique in President Donald Trump’s Washington: an Obama appointee nominated by Trump who is beloved by almost everyone and getting stuff done. By tweaking regulations, he has managed to fire hundreds of allegedly incompetent employees, publicized waiting times at Veterans Affairs clinics, gotten […]
8/24/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “..(enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion – V.A. (respectful and strong). Too bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, 2017 08:15am […]
8/24/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The Fake News is now complaining about my different types of back to back speeches. Well, there was Afghanistan (somber), the big Rally… (enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion – V.A. (respectful and strong). To bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/24/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “The Fake News is now complaining about my different types of back to back speeches. Well, their was Afghanistan (somber), the big Rally… (enthusiastic, dynamic and fun) and the American Legion – V.A. (respectful and strong).To bad the Dems have no one who can change tones!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 24, […]
8/24/2017
GOP/POLITICS/NATIONAL DEBT/VA/VETS: “I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V.A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval. They… didn’t do it so now we have a big deal with Dems holding them up (as usual) on Debt Ceiling approval. Could have been so easy-now a mess!” […]
8/23/2017
VA/VETS: “A great honor to sign the Veterans Appeals Improvement & Modernization Act into law w/ @AmericanLegion @SecShulkin. ?https://t.co/fr2sf9oRvd https://t.co/bICsRm1tQx” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 23, 2017 05:41pm […]
8/16/2017
DONALD ON DONALD/VA/VETS: “Today in Bedminster I signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017, joined by @DeptVetAffairs @SecShulkin. https://t.co/oMUIZ8X7oB” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2017 04:35pm […]
8/3/2017
HEALTHCARE/VA/VETS: “Our GREAT VETERANS can now connect w/ their VA healthcare team from anywhere, using #VAVideoConnect – available at: https://t.co/WFFHLWn8nF. https://t.co/Dmq4htSps9” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2017 02:07pm […]
8/3/2017
VA/VETS: “Today, I announced another historic breakthrough for the VA. We are working tirelessly to keep our promises to our GREAT VETERANS! #USA https://t.co/LexSINeM1J” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 3, 2017 01:03pm […]
8/1/2017
DRUGS/VA/VETS: “Veterans using a Department of Veterans Affairs program to seek care from doctors in the private sector instead of the VA face a greater danger of becoming entangled in the country’s opioid epidemic, the VA said Tuesday [8-1-17]. Findings from the VA’s Office of Inspector General show that programs allowing veterans to get care […]
4/27/2017
TRUMP EXEC ORDERS/VA/VETS: ” ‘Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection’ The order is aimed at improving accountability within the Department of Veterans Affairs, which found itself at the center of a 2014 controversy in which dozens of veterans reportedly died while on the wait list for medical care. The order directs Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin […]
4/27/2017
TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/VA/WHISTLEBLOWER: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. This order is intended to improve accountability and whistleblower protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) by directing the Secretary of Veterans […]
5/23/2016
HILLARY/OBAMA ADMIN/VA/VETS: “Obama’s VA Secretary just said we shouldn’t measure wait times. Hillary says VA problems are not ‘widespread.’ I will take care of our vets!” – 5/23/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/23/2016 […]