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Staff rob nabors which was released on friday, concluded that the va suffers from a corrosive management culture and the department must be restructured and reformed. can mcdonald oversee the broad changes necessary for an organization in crisis? paul rye krost told the new york times, mcdonald not a name on anyones radar and his branding background may prove helpful because there are few organizations in america with a worse reputation towards customers than the va right now. joining me now is ...

Resigned and that did not come as a big surprise to anybody. the first thing is the replacement and interim sloan gibson. good idea? good man? good future there? >> somebody needed to move in. the position quickly. sloan has not been at the department very long, but i think he is -- sloan is a good man and he will at least in the interim period start the process that needs to be done. there is a lot of confidence that needs to be restored in the department of veterans affairs and i think he can ...

Joining me now, member of the house veterans affairs committee. what is your reaction to the resignation, forced resignation of secretary shinseki. >> i think its long overdue. the president was reluctant to accept the resignation with all of the problems with the scandal, i believe at the va and throughout other agencies theres a culture of nonaccountability and i think its instructive that it was a -- that the president actually gave mr. shinseki a ver balance presidential medal of honor. ther...

Shinseki has been in charge for six years. over the six years, the wait lists have been -- just become horrific. the worst ever. over the six years, we now find out theres secret lists where vets that have served this country were shoved to the side, delayed care, denied care, perhaps died because of that. all of the time when funding for the v.a. went up 70%, 75% over the past six years. went up 70%, 75% during the bush years. this is not a funding issue. this is a management issue. who else do...

Is only one of a lot of bureaucratic messes that have really dogged this presidency. you have to consider the disastrous rollout of health care reform which is the presidents signature legislative achievement. there was controversy at the internal revenue service. controversy on national security surveillance. all of these taken together raise the question of whether this is a government problem or whether its a problem of management for the obama administration and in particular the president, ...

Made a joke about it and he said do you think i was out here moving the cones or something? clearly no one is laughing now. >> lydia, thank you very much. near the bridge that i go across twice a day. $13 to get on that bridge. >> the scandal is not that big as long as christie is not linked to it. it looks like a management issue but it is amazing when youre out in front how many people want to attack you. >> some news now to bring you. 911 calls revealing the frantic moment before a minivan sp...

In america. several different cities in miami. when a government gets so big it doesnt even know where its money is going or alerts dont go off when things like this happen, is there a problem? is there a problem in communication? is there a problem in knowing what is happening in our government? is there a management issue? this is not the smart and efficient government we were promised. and asking taxpayers to give more and more every year. >> theyve always tried to look at what weve done vers...

Are absolutely -- it just bugs them whats going on with nsa. >> well, and rightfully so. i would say to kai kas caseys there has to be transparency and accountability. i agree the senate and congress should have known at least something about what was happening in terms of who was being wiretapped. and i agree thats an issue. need to figure it out. >> this is a management issue. theres something at nsa, whatever you want to call it, management issue in the intelligence committee, all these refor...

That would mean they really were taking a part in the ordinary life. >> the problem for the young royals might be seen as a management issue, how to prevent exposure to tipping over into the excesses. easier said than done when you look how they were treated in hollywood two years ago. >> im going to scream, tell them i love them and take 5,000 pictures and post them on facebook. >> the arrival of the royal baby will only ramp up further interest in britains royals. sltz what would make it easie...

>> the problem for the young royals might be seen as a management issue, how to prevent exposure to tipping over into the excesses. easier said than done when you look how they were treated in hollywood two years ago. >> im going to scream, tell them i love them and take 5,000 pictures and post them on facebook. >> the arrival of the royal baby will only ramp up further interest in britains royals. >> what would make it easier if they have another child, perhaps three for four more. in the end, ...