Department for the Trump Administration but hes interviewed by jeremy butler, ceo of veterans of america. After words is a weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words are availablee through podcasts. Doctor shulkin, thank you for being with us. Its an honor to have you here. I think the va is important to subject to talk about in one of the areas of our government that a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know many of the details. Frankly, even in the veteran community a lot of us dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does. Im excited to talk to you about the ba in general and certainly about your book and about your time in the administration. Id love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va. Youre very successful in the civilian career and times making that transition from the civilian world into the government world can be a bit jarring but what drove you to want
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
Dr. Shuck and thank you for being with us today presenter to have you here. If he is an important subject to talk about in the area for government a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know the details. There are a lot of us that dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does so its great to talk to about the via general uncertain about your book and about your time in the administration. I would love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va you are very successful in your civilian career and make in that tradition from the civilian world and to the government world can be a bit jarring. What drove you to want to take up working within the government especially with the va . Guest during my 20s i didnt have a chance to serve the way that you did. I spent my time in medical institutions and doing my medical training and its always one of the real regrets that ive had with this amazing country that we have that i wasnt able to get back. Later on in my car
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