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Recounts his time at the secretary of the Veterans Affairs department for the Trump Administration. Hes interviewed by jeremy butler. After words is a weekly interview program. They are also available to listen to as podcasts. Thank you for being with us today the v. A. Is an important subject to talk about one area of our government that dont necessarily know one of the details. Those that dont understand the breadth and the depth. Certainly about your book and your time of the administration. I would love to begin talking about the v. A. You are very successful with a civilian career making the transition from the civilian world into the government world can be jarring what would you to take up the mantle of work . During my twenties i didnt have a chance to serve in the way that you did. I spent my time in medical institutions building my medical training and one of the real regrets that i would have but later on in my career i was the ceo of the hospital and i had the opportunity t
Thank you very much for being with us today. The v. A. Is an important subject to talk about the area that people hear about but dont necessarily know details a lot of us dont understand of what the v. A. Does. So what brought you to the v. A. . You are very successful in a civilian career a lot of times making a transition from the civilian world into the government world can be daunting so what made you want to do that quick. During my twenties i had a chance to serve in medical institutions and in my medical training and thats always one of the real regrets that i had of this amazing country i could not give back so later in my career i was the ceo of a hospital and i had the opportunity to get a call from the white house in 2014 when it was a very public crisis of the allegations were veterans were actually dying waiting for care. So i was sitting there as a citizen that i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible it is our veterans they wish there was so
Civilian career and making that transition into the government world can be jarring. What wanted you to take up the world of government quick. During my twenties i didnt have a chance to serve the way that you did. I spent my time in medical institutions building my medical training. That was one of the real regrets that i had with this amazing country that i was not able to give back. Later in my career i was the ceo of a hospital and i had the opportunity to get a call from the white house for cho this was right at the time in 2014 when it was very public crisis in the v. A. That veterans were dying waiting for care. I was sitting there as a citizen to say i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible it is our veterans i wish there is something i could do to help. As sometimes happens i get a call from the white house to say would you consider coming to help lead the v. A. Healthcare system because were looking for somebody how they understand how healthcare
Right . No. I will talk and talk and talk some more. [ laughter ] you guys ready for a warm up . Its coming. It is coming. Well hit about 90 today and hotter tomorrow. So if you enjoy the summer like weather, its on the way back. There is a beautiful view of some blue sky above the low clouds this morning. We are with fog around the bay area as well. I could soak up the view. That is amazing. The temperatures are cooler. As we get into the second part of the afternoon, a look at the jump in temperatures. The Golden Gate Bridge, swallowed up by the fog, and low 60s in oakland and livermore and san jose. Here is a look at how much cooler we are, areas over napa, san jose, concord, and livermore, 5 to 7 degrees. So a noticeable one, and in the afternoon, a reversal. And across the bay, patchy fog reported over the north bay. You can see visibility is pretty good for the central and south bay locations. Novato and santa rosa, the stretch along highway 101, patchy and dense, visibility less