taxpayer funds. accusations, of course, he denied, but do you think that sort of clouded made it difficult for him to perform in his making excuses or defending david shulkin but what i ll say his removal from being the secretary of the department of veterans affairs has been the result of a coordinated effort led by those who like to see wrecking balls and bulldozers taken to va facilities and he wasn t playing along and pushed out. now we have admiral jackson when s been nominated. where is he on these issues? we don t know. you know, all i know about dr. jackson is came out and gave the president a clean bill of health and said he ll live 200 years old. we ll work through our membership to raise up the voices of veterans to demand answers from dr. jackson on
cup. and this crew believes. we believe. couldn t you tell off the top of the show? everybody but jen believes. she just wasn t playing along with us today. but we will get her in a good mood in 30 minutes or less. i promise. but let s begin with the top story that we have for you today. it does concern what s taking place in iraq. the government there is focused on stamping out the insurgencin but not with the tactics favored by the obama administration. the prime minister is paying far more attention to the military mission against the extreme fighters. the new york times saying he spends most of the time on war strategy and not on the efforts of bringing together the competing sides. in fact members of his inner circle are wearing military uniforms instead of civilian clothes. and president obama is boosting security at the embassy in baghdad, employing more personnel. and outside, the sunni terror group is taking more ground.