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‘It’s killing the agency’: Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump’s plan to fix veterans’ care
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 09, 2018 10:02am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Lisa Rein |
| News Date | Friday, March 9, 2018 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government’s second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency’s Washington headquarters.
He has canceled the morning meetings once attended by several of President Trump’s political appointees — members of his senior management team — gathering instead with aides he trusts not to miscast his remarks. Access to Shulkin’s 10th-floor executive suite was recently revoked for several people he has accused of lobbying the White House to oust him. He and his public-affairs chief have not spoken in weeks.
Shulkin’s critics deny they are plotting a coup. Rather, they say they are airing differences over a controversial policy priority for the president — that veterans have greater ability to choose private doctors at VA’s expense. |
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