“There’s little denying that since David Shulkin’s confirmation last February as secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, he’s been going, going, going.”
“Now veterans service organizations, who largely applaud Shulkin for the changes he brought to the department, worry President Donald Trump’s decision to fire the VA secretary will brake a long-awaited transformation to a halt.”
“There was so much momentum in the past year,” Joe Chenelly, national executive director of AMVETS, said in an interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. “We really believe that Secretary Shulkin was a key driver in that momentum. We wanted stability. We wanted to be able to continue to move forward. This firing has slammed the brakes on this reform.”
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Source: Shulkin was moving at breakneck speed to change VA. His firing ‘slams the brakes’ on reform – By Nicole Ogrysko, March 30, 2018. Federal News Radio.
