"It should not be this hard to serve your country."

[Ohiogal]

An op-ed piece appearing in today's New York Times, by David J. Shulkin.

"I have fought to stand up for this great department and all that it embodies. In recent months, though, the environment in Washington has turned so toxic, chaotic, disrespectful and subversive that it became impossible for me to accomplish the important work that our veterans need and deserve. I can assure you that I will continue to speak out against those who seek to harm the V.A. by putting their personal agendas in front of the well-being of our veterans."

Evidently Shulkin was against privatization of the VA system and lost his job over it.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/opinion/shulkin-veterans-affairs-privatization.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

[denbot]

1. If that was the case I owe him an apology.

I had assumed he was open to privatization due to his being retained by cadet spanky.
I stand corrected.