On veterans day, watch cspan on tv, online, or listen using the free cspan radio app. Secretaryffairs Robert Wilkie ahead of the veterans day holiday was asked about Veterans Health care, department accountability, Suicide Prevention efforts, and combating Sexual Assault in the military. Mr. Wilkie hello, everybody. Thank you all for coming. This is our week of weeks at the department of veterans affairs. This is the week that we honor the 41 million americans who have put on the uniform since the first shots were fired at Lexington Green in april of 1775. Last night, the president held a ceremony with the National Commanders of the veterans of foreign wars, and rolling thunder, to permanently honor s that haveand mia been lost to the history books since our first war in the 1700s. He ordered the flying of the p. O. W. And mia flag at all federal departments and agencies. That was an important first step on this veterans day 101 years after the end of the great war, and the president w
Call this meeting of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to order. Appreciate secretary shull kin for being here and his hard work. After opening statement, well go to secretary shulkin for statement and then members of the committee for q a. Let me say, this meeting is not about whats happened in the past, its about whats happening right now to correct some things that happened in the past. This is an accountability hearing. Ive told the secretary that we want to take the legislation we passed last year on accountability, on appeals, to give them the tools to address the significant problems confronting the veterans of america, vsos of america, and this committee, to begin moving away from the problems of the past and toward the solutions of the future, in particular on appeals, in particular on accountability, in particular on the gi bill, all those things that are important to the veterans and their families. And i pick particularly on the leadership of the va as well. I want to t
For being here and his hard work. After opening statement, well go to secretary shulkin for statement and then members of the committee for q a. Let me say, this meeting is not about whats happened in the past, its about whats happening right now to correct some things that happened in the past. This is an accountability hearing. Ive told the secretary that we want to take the legislation we passed last year on accountability, on appeals, to give them the tools to address the significant problems confronting the veterans of america, vsos of america, and this committee, to begin moving away from the problems of the past and toward the solutions of the future, in particular on appeals, in particular on accountability, in particular on the gi bill, all those things that are important to the veterans and their families. And i pick particularly on the leadership of the va as well. I want to thank secretary shulkin. Ive always been complimentary of him. People say im too nice to him. Im not
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