administration has not put its full weight behind jackson s nomination according to people familiar with the matter, appointing mid level aides to oversee the briefing and sending a junior media aide from the white house. with the recent departure of the white house s most seasoned expert on veteran s issues, trump has few aides with deep knowledge how the agency works. he was walking into an ambush, a veteran s advocate close to the white house said of the senate hearing. he is skrus njust not ready. i think that s exactly right. the white house that s put a lot of muscle behind mike pompeo s nomination for secretary of state. he cleared the committee vote yesterday and is expected to be confirmed soon. but we ve not seen a similar effort for dr. ronnie jackson with his nomination to the va. in parking lt, this is sort of problem of the white house s own