NPR: david shulkin https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=532777859 david shulkin en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 25 May 2025 21:56:04 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: david shulkin https://www.npr.org/tags/532777859/david-shulkin Trump's Former VA Secretary Describes 'Toxic' Washington Culture In New Book David Shulkin's memoir, <em>It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country, </em>focuses on his time as veterans affairs secretary, tells of his fights against privatizing the VA — and settles some scores. Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:01:12 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/771857931/trumps-former-va-secretary-describes-toxic-washington-culture-in-new-book https://www.npr.org/2019/10/22/771857931/trumps-former-va-secretary-describes-toxic-washington-culture-in-new-book

David Shulkin's memoir, It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Serve Your Country, focuses on his time as veterans affairs secretary, tells of his fights against privatizing the VA — and settles some scores.

]]> Brian Naylor Senate Confirms Pentagon Official To Head Veterans Affairs Department Robert Wilkie inherits a VA that is undertaking ambitious changes in the next year. The department has been in turmoil since Trump sacked his first VA secretary in March. Mon, 23 Jul 2018 18:11:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/23/630917098/senate-confirms-pentagon-official-to-head-veterans-affairs-department https://www.npr.org/2018/07/23/630917098/senate-confirms-pentagon-official-to-head-veterans-affairs-department Robert Wilkie inherits a VA that is undertaking ambitious changes in the next year. The department has been in turmoil since Trump sacked his first VA secretary in March.

]]> Quil Lawrence Veterans Affairs In Limbo After Jackson Withdraws As Nominee Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson was tapped by President Trump to replace David Shulkin, who was fired in March. Now, the Veterans Affairs Department awaits its fourth secretary in four years. Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:11:52 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/04/27/606323497/veterans-affairs-in-limbo-after-jackson-withdraws-as-nominee https://www.npr.org/2018/04/27/606323497/veterans-affairs-in-limbo-after-jackson-withdraws-as-nominee Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson was tapped by President Trump to replace David Shulkin, who was fired in March. Now, the Veterans Affairs Department awaits its fourth secretary in four years.

]]> Quil Lawrence Fired VA Secretary Says White House Muzzled Him David Shulkin, the ousted Veterans Affairs chief, tells NPR that political forces in the Trump administration want to privatize the VA and that he was not allowed to respond to an ethics controversy. Thu, 29 Mar 2018 08:17:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597866101/fired-va-secretary-says-white-house-muzzled-him https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/29/597866101/fired-va-secretary-says-white-house-muzzled-him

David Shulkin, the ousted Veterans Affairs chief, tells NPR that political forces in the Trump administration want to privatize the VA and that he was not allowed to respond to an ethics controversy.

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]]> Laurel Wamsley Trump's Cabinet Scandals: Is Abuse Of Office Contagious? "Not only does unethical behavior spread, but it mutates into other forms of unethical behavior," says ethics consultant Susan Liautaud. Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2018/03/08/591524460/trumps-cabinet-scandals-is-abuse-of-office-contagious https://www.npr.org/2018/03/08/591524460/trumps-cabinet-scandals-is-abuse-of-office-contagious

"Not only does unethical behavior spread, but it mutates into other forms of unethical behavior," says ethics consultant Susan Liautaud.

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]]> Peter Overby Inspector: 'Serious Derelictions' By VA Secretary Related To Overseas Travel An investigation detailed an 11-day trip to Europe at taxpayer expense in which Secretary David Shulkin was accompanied by his wife and spent much of the time on sightseeing and at leisure. Thu, 15 Feb 2018 02:51:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/15/585957402/inspector-serious-derelictions-by-va-secretary-related-to-overseas-travel https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/15/585957402/inspector-serious-derelictions-by-va-secretary-related-to-overseas-travel An investigation detailed an 11-day trip to Europe at taxpayer expense in which Secretary David Shulkin was accompanied by his wife and spent much of the time on sightseeing and at leisure.

]]> Scott Neuman Congress Passes Bill To Increase Accountability Among VA Employees The bipartisan legislation aims to transform the culture at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It shortens the process for removing negligent staffers and adds protections for whistleblowers. Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:37:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2017/06/13/531810565/congress-passes-bill-to-increase-accountability-among-va-employees https://www.npr.org/2017/06/13/531810565/congress-passes-bill-to-increase-accountability-among-va-employees The bipartisan legislation aims to transform the culture at the Department of Veterans Affairs. It shortens the process for removing negligent staffers and adds protections for whistleblowers.

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