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Department thats under repair. i mean last night va secretary did something great, he announced a new review of gulf war illness benefits. thats great. hes going to start to address that. we want to thank the secretary of veterans affairs for doing that. however, theres a lot of challenges left. you are so absolutely right. and we want to make sure that va is working with veterans groups to try to fix those as soon as possible. >> bonnie, youve got one of those amazing groups, the assistance pro...

>> and then you found out via tweet? >> right before that, the chief of staff kelly gave me a call which i appreciated, gave me a heads-up. but that was much after the phone call. >> was the president receptive to what you were saying on that phone call as you were updating him on the improvements you say you were making at the va? >> it was a normal conversation with the president where he asked me what was going on. this is notes a typical. i gave him the updates and told him where we were foc...

>> and then you found out via tweet? >> right before that, the chief of staff kelly gave me a call which i appreciated, gave me a heads-up. but that was much after the phone call. >> was the president receptive to what you were saying on that phone call as you were updating him on the improvements you say you were making at the va? >> it was a normal conversation with the president where he asked me what was going on. this is notes a typical. i gave him the updates and told him where we were foc...