actually see what s going on? he did walk a v.a. hospital. it s unfair to qualify all of us generals. i know you have two daughters who aren t generals who can give you a little lip from time to time. there a s. a tendency when you wear stars to sort of create a bubble around you. and to be a good leader at that level what you have to do is break out of the bubble and get beyond your handlers and get out in the field whether you are a division commander or a secretary, knock on doors. show up in places unexpectedly, talk to the private in the fox hole and ask him the pertinent questions without all the staff and without all the handlers around him. i understand rick did this at the v.a. hospitals. but the degree to which he asked those questions, frankly, i don t know. there is no question he is a hero. he has served our nation with great distinction. right. you know, is the job of head of the v.a. necessarily one that should go to someone who is a militarior
working out of their depth, working on something they had never done before? i think the evidence is clear that they were. but more important was that was nagging at the in the hey, wait a minute, these aren t generals who have run this exercise before. are people doing something they have never done before. i didn t interview the president. i don t know that it was nagging at him or if he wasn t just stating the obvious. but what i do know is that they hired a bunch of contractors. none of them got along with each other and there was literally no one in charge. i started doing some reporting if what are i thought was going to be a dramatic article on the successful launch of the site on october 1. i started doing that in july and august. i went down there one day in the summer and interviewed about a dozen people at the white house, health and human services, medicare. and i would almost as a conversation starter i would say who s in charge? and i didn t even pay much attentio
disaster waiting to happen. those people, were they all working out of their depth, working on something they had never done before? i think the evidence is clear that they were. but more important was that was nagging at the in the hey, wait a minute, these aren t generals who have run this exercise before. are people doing something they have never done before. i didn t interview the president. i don t know that it was nagging at him or if he wasn t just stating the obvious. but what i do know is that they hired a bunch of contractors. none of them got along with each other and there was literally no one in charge. i started doing some reporting if what are i thought was going to be a dramatic article on the successful launch of the site on october 1. i started doing that in july and august. i went down there one day in the summer and interviewed about a dozen people at the white house, health and human services, medicare. and i would almost as a conversation starter i woul