Bush institute. This is an hour. [applause] mr. Bush thank you, all. Thank you. It is nice to be back in washington. [laughter] its nice to be back in washington. Albeit briefly. Laura and i are honored you all came. I want to thank the chamber for opening up this beautiful building and for their concerns about our vets. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. Hes the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Its really good you are here, mr. Secretary. Especially since in a couple hours, you will be across the street in the white house for a bill signing. Passed by republicans and democrats that President Trump will sign the bill which will give you some tools to reform the va. If anybody can reform the va, you can. You are a strong leader. And were lucky to have your service for our country. [ applause ] you know, a lot of times you hear people gripe about the va. And im sure there are some flaws in the system. But its important for our citizens and our vets to know the vast majority of p
Krn about our vets. I want to thank David Shulkin for being here. Hes the secretary of Veterans Affairs. Its really good youre here, mr. Secretary. Especially since in a couple hours youll be across the street in the white house for a bill signing passed by both republicans and democrats that President Trump will sign the bill which will give you some tools to reform the v. A. And if anybody can reform the v. A. You can. Youre a strong leader and were lucky to have your service for our country. [applause] you know, a lot of times you hear people gripe about the v. A. And im sure there are some flaws in the system, but its important for our citizens and our vets to know the vast majority of people who work for the Veterans Administration care deeply about helping our vets transition. I want to thank people from our team, ken and holly and miguel for being here and putting on this conference. With us today are three educators from three parts of the country. Ken from Syracuse University
President bush laura and i are honored you all came. Thank you for opening your door to the concerns about our vets. I want to thank david for being here, secretary of President Trump will sign the bill. This will give you some tools to reform the v. A. If anybody can reform the v. A. , you can. You are a strong leader and were happy to have your service for our country. [applause] a lot of times, you hear people gripe about the v. A. Its important for our citizens to care deeply about our vets transition. This today, three educators from three parts of the country. It spends a lot of time on Veterans Issues. My predecessor at the bush center is now head of the from they of north i university of texas system. A meaningful higher education. They felt a little out of place. Primarily because of age and partly because of experience. I want to thank you for being here. We have a lot of thats here today. I wish you would stand out so we could recognize you. Vets and families. [applause] may
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