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laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:27 PM Mar 2018

VA Chief Cuts Off Trump Ties: Post Armed Guards at Door

Last edited Fri Mar 9, 2018, 06:25 PM - Edit history (2)

Source: The HILL



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Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has reportedly cut off contact with top agency officials and now operates out of an office with an armed guard at the door amid ongoing tensions with top staff.

Shulkin, a VA holdover from the Obama administration promoted to the head job by President Trump, has canceled morning meetings with top Trump appointees in the department and hasn't spoken to his public affairs chief in weeks. He fears that his aides in the nation's second-largest bureaucracy, behind only the Pentagon, are actively lobbying the White House for his ouster, The Washington Post reports.

In addition, several senior officials Shulkin personally suspects of disloyalty have lost access to the secretary's 10th floor executive suite.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377575-shulkin-cancels-meetings-with-trump-appointees-amid-va-strife-report



[div class"excerpt"]Things have come to a grinding halt, one senior manager told the Post. Its killing the agency. Nobody trusts each other.



Link to video...

http://launch.newsinc.com/embed.html?trackingGroup91690&siteSectionndn&videoId33619668

[div class"excerpt"]...............UPDATE ..More Info

As per Zion Lion comment below on WaPo link..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/management-failures-led-to-unacceptable-patient-risks-at-vas-flagship-dc-hospital-watchdog-finds/2018/03/07/4b52c60a-220d-11e8-94da-ebf9d112159c_story.html?utm_term.bcd4cf1ed4fe


.....this is what is going on.....


VA chief outlines changes at hospitals nationwide following report on alleged D.C. center mismanagement

Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin on Wednesday announced an overhaul of the senior leadership overseeing almost two dozen troubled hospitals across the country following the release of a searing investigation into what the agency watchdog said were management failures that put patients at VAs flagship medical center in the District at risk.

Shulkin said one senior regional official has been reassigned and two others retired as the agency cleans up management of large hospitals and clinics in the Washington area, New England, Phoenix and parts of California. He also said he has appointed 24 new facility directors in the last year, including in Maryland and Virginia, after outside teams identified low-performing hospitals.

It is time for this organization to do business differently, Shulkin said at a news conference at the Washington Medical Center. These are urgent issues, and many of these issues are unacceptable.
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VA Chief Cuts Off Trump Ties: Post Armed Guards at Door (Original Post) laserhaas Mar 2018 OP
That seems normal...... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2018 #1
But of course. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #43
Wish more stood up to Trump laserhaas Mar 2018 #46
Me too. mountain grammy Mar 2018 #51
A little more detail... tinrobot Mar 2018 #2
Thanks laserhaas Mar 2018 #8
Well, the VA was pushed into buying a new COTs computer records system last year. haele Mar 2018 #11
We were out at the VA yesterday for a class related project to review exactly their records system Volaris Mar 2018 #21
All I know is - the Vets in the east coast laserhaas Mar 2018 #24
There were a lot of firings on Wednesday IronLionZion Mar 2018 #33
WOW laserhaas Mar 2018 #45
Whatever is BAD for the VA will be the result here. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #3
Yes. republicans always pissed on our American veterans, as the record shows Achilleaze Mar 2018 #14
And half or more of veterans will still vote for republicans. sigh Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #16
What is the record of actual GOP politicos who served laserhaas Mar 2018 #25
They like making them. Volaris Mar 2018 #29
Ermagerd!! WTF?? and OMG!! Yep, its FRIDAY, my friends!! - (???!!!) nt Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #4
Shaking my head Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #5
Cuts off Trump Ties: Did he use scissors or a rusty pocket knife? Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #6
Ha Ha laserhaas Mar 2018 #10
How many Trump ties did he own? lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #17
They were made in China IronLionZion Mar 2018 #28
I remember when David Letterman showed that they were foreign made Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #40
Meet too laserhaas Mar 2018 #47
That was my first thought - that he was cutting Trump ties anytime he saw one Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #38
Trump must be planning laserhaas Mar 2018 #48
All aboard the CrazyTrain Express... haele Mar 2018 #7
Yes very confusing. What the hell is happening? Is he pro Trump anti Trump? Pepsidog Mar 2018 #41
Poor Rachel . . . Sam McGee Mar 2018 #9
Worse than just email; Trump CAMPAIGN PAID Stormy through Trump.com & Cohen fake corporation. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #13
The storm of stormy laserhaas Mar 2018 #49
Maybe we should start a popcorn company laserhaas Mar 2018 #15
Several DC bars offer drink specials on days of Mueller indictments IronLionZion Mar 2018 #26
Even a better idea. A PTSD Clinic solely focused on laserhaas Mar 2018 #27
My neighbor is a psychologist and got lots more appointments IronLionZion Mar 2018 #30
Doesn't she usually let Richard Engel take over on Fridays? lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #18
"Lawyer used Trump.com email to deal with Stormy " dixiegrrrrl Mar 2018 #34
Comrad Bone Spur hates vets whether or not they've been captured. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #12
Surprised he hasn't been fired Bradical79 Mar 2018 #19
Trump appointed him head of the VA IronLionZion Mar 2018 #22
Never a dull day in Trump's America IronLionZion Mar 2018 #20
If Obama appointed him, my best guess would be that Volaris Mar 2018 #32
Yup..the Donald missed one laserhaas Mar 2018 #50
Veteran's groups need to get together and plan a massive March on Washington! red dog 1 Mar 2018 #23
Remember when the same thing happened under Obama?? Bleacher Creature Mar 2018 #31
Beleagured by constant Stormy news, Trump demands that Veterans Affairs be renamed Veterans Stuff dameatball Mar 2018 #35
He probably realizes not fooled Mar 2018 #36
Wait, what? Corgigal Mar 2018 #37
That's what I call "incredible energy" world wide wally Mar 2018 #39
From the headline I pictured a guy with scissors cutting louis-t Mar 2018 #42
Wow. If they want to oust him, they can oust him, tho, I guess. Why fight it? Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #44

tinrobot

(10,848 posts)
2. A little more detail...
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:30 PM
Mar 2018
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has reportedly cut off contact with top agency officials and now operates out of an office with an armed guard at the door amid ongoing tensions with top staff.

Shulkin, a VA holdover from the Obama administration promoted to the head job by President Trump, has canceled morning meetings with top Trump appointees in the department and hasn't spoken to his public affairs chief in weeks. He fears that his aides in the nation's second-largest bureaucracy, behind only the Pentagon, are actively lobbying the White House for his ouster, The Washington Post reports.

In addition, several senior officials Shulkin personally suspects of disloyalty have lost access to the secretary's 10th floor executive suite.

The chaos has allegedly deadlocked an agency that President Trump promised during his 2016 campaign to reform after a major health-care scandal during the Obama administration.


The rest here : http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377575-shulkin-cancels-meetings-with-trump-appointees-amid-va-strife-report

haele

(12,581 posts)
11. Well, the VA was pushed into buying a new COTs computer records system last year.
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:38 PM
Mar 2018

Instead of continuing work on the one they were developing - that was working where it was being piloted - just so it could look like the Drumpf administration "cared about vets" and a couple DoD/MIC vendors could roll out a new system without sufficient assessment of whether or not it would work with the unique constraints that the VA system is operating under.

I think that might be part of the issue there.

Haele

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
21. We were out at the VA yesterday for a class related project to review exactly their records system
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:59 PM
Mar 2018

If I had read this yesterday, I surely would have asked them about it heh...

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
24. All I know is - the Vets in the east coast
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:06 PM
Mar 2018

Are treated much differently than the ones in SoCal.

You have to wonder what is really going on...???

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
14. Yes. republicans always pissed on our American veterans, as the record shows
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:40 PM
Mar 2018

Now that the republicans are kissing the bloated butt of their very own casino-hustling Draft-Dodger-in-Chief, their collective pissing on America's veterans has become a Stinky Stormy Moral Suckbucket.

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
25. What is the record of actual GOP politicos who served
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:07 PM
Mar 2018

vs. Their record on voting to protect Veterans?

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
40. I remember when David Letterman showed that they were foreign made
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 05:08 PM
Mar 2018

Exposed Trump's hypocrisy right on his show. I miss Dave...

Rhiannon12866

(203,041 posts)
38. That was my first thought - that he was cutting Trump ties anytime he saw one
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 05:00 PM
Mar 2018

And I believed it - shows how insane this crazy circus (and what constitutes news as long as Trump is around) has become!

haele

(12,581 posts)
7. All aboard the CrazyTrain Express...
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:33 PM
Mar 2018

Next stop, Journalistic Cliff City.

Armed Guards at the VA after cutting contact with "Trump Officials"? WTF is the Hill trying to imply?

Haele

 

Sam McGee

(347 posts)
9. Poor Rachel . . .
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:36 PM
Mar 2018

Rachel is just about finished putting together her show for Friday night . . . and now this . . .

-- Rumors that SCOTUS Justice Kennedy will retire
-- This from the VA
-- Trump reported ready to fire everyone at the White House -- Jarvanka, Kelly, McMaster -- and go "full MAGA."
-- Lawyer used Trump.com email to deal with Stormy

There's not enough popcorn in my pantry . . .

 

laserhaas

(7,805 posts)
15. Maybe we should start a popcorn company
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:41 PM
Mar 2018

Orange top flip flop kettle corn.

Just put microwave & Mini beer fridge by lazy boy chair

to by TV - to always be ready for what's next..

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
26. Several DC bars offer drink specials on days of Mueller indictments
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:11 PM
Mar 2018

Gyms and yoga studios should start offering some specials to deal with the stress

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
30. My neighbor is a psychologist and got lots more appointments
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:14 PM
Mar 2018

when they announced they used the MOAB in Afghanistan. People were flipping out

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
18. Doesn't she usually let Richard Engel take over on Fridays?
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:49 PM
Mar 2018

Or maybe this is one of those times she has to turn the car around and go back to the office...

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
34. "Lawyer used Trump.com email to deal with Stormy "
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:37 PM
Mar 2018

This administration has the largest collection of pathological nitwits since the last GOP convention.
and they keep topping themselves.

Shulkin needs a serious MH eval.
 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
19. Surprised he hasn't been fired
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:51 PM
Mar 2018

Is Trump just not paying attention? I would think he'd fire him and put one of his clowns in charge.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
22. Trump appointed him head of the VA
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:59 PM
Mar 2018

Obama appointed him undersecretary of VA for health, Trump promoted him.

IronLionZion

(45,261 posts)
20. Never a dull day in Trump's America
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 03:57 PM
Mar 2018

damn, WTF is the need for an armed guard at the door? What sort of enemies does he think are coming for him?

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
32. If Obama appointed him, my best guess would be that
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:17 PM
Mar 2018

hes actually trying to do the job correctly, and the guards are there to keep Trumps people OUT.

red dog 1

(27,648 posts)
23. Veteran's groups need to get together and plan a massive March on Washington!
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:02 PM
Mar 2018

(That will embarrass the hell out of Shitler)

K&R

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
36. He probably realizes
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:46 PM
Mar 2018

the dumpsters, following the kook brothers mandate, are about to take a meat axe to the VA, and he's resisting.

Oh, yeah, and all those idiot vets (yeah, I said it) who voted for donnie because they were conned by his macho bluster and swagger, and couldn't bring themselves to vote for HRC--I hope they put 2 + 2 when their benefits and services get shitcanned.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
37. Wait, what?
Fri Mar 9, 2018, 04:57 PM
Mar 2018

It's killing the agency? He's an Obama holdover that Trump kept and promoted ? Odd.

It's my only health care, and I get to go in this month for my annual. I wish I could load up my prescriptions for 6 months, but it's not allowed.

We need more information, and I hope more press coverage is coming.

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