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Jackson as a person, but it's a criticism of the fact that one does need to have some experience, because the v.a. is responsible for the care of more than 20 million veterans across the country. it is the nation's second largest bureaucracy after the defense department. the v.a. is not only in charge of their health care but also their benefits, burials and memorials. it has a $186 billion annual budget. the veterans affairs department has a work force of more than 377,000 people. there's an additional 4,000 v.a. employees working outside the united states. this is a massive bureaucracy. it's...

This week, the president fired the secretary of veterans affairs and he named the white house doctor, admiral ronny jackson to take that job. jackson who famously gave president trump a clean bill of health. take a look. >> to answer your question he has included good genes and it's the way god made him. >>chris: you call so there's a home run for veterans and there's no question that admiral jackson is a brilliant, great combat surgeon. the question everyone is raising is whether or not he's equipped. has the experience to run an agency with 360,000 employees and an annual budget of $186 bill...

This week, the president fired the secretary of veterans affairs and he named the white house doctor, admiral ronny jackson to take that job. jackson who famously gave president trump a clean bill of health. take a look. >> to answer your question he has included good genes and it's the way god made him. >>chris: you call so there's a home run for veterans and there's no question that admiral jackson is a brilliant, great combat surgeon. the question everyone is raising is whether or not he's equipped. has the experience to run an agency with 360,000 employees and an annual budget of $186 bill...

This week, the president fired the secretary of veterans affairs and he named the white house doctor, admiral ronny jackson to take that job. jackson who famously gave president trump a clean bill of health. take a look. >> to answer your question he has included good genes and it's the way god made him. >>chris: you call so there's a home run for veterans and there's no question that admiral jackson is a brilliant, great combat surgeon. the question everyone is raising is whether or not he's equipped. has the experience to run an agency with 360,000 employees and an annual budget of $186 bill...

Been left in charge of these failed programs that are not serving our nation's veterans. these people need to be removed. elizabeth: when we talk about the agency as whole, we're talking about 360,000 of folks in the agency and talking 186 billion annual budget. this is a huge task he has in front of him. some have argued that he doesn't necessarily have the experience to take it on and what's your response to that? >> his predecessors, you could argue had a lot of experience in the public and private sector, they failed because they fundamentally failed to get rid of these, i think, the deadw...