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Care for our veterans and i've stood up for them because i was in washington and i was working for the president on behalf of our veterans. >> bret: why did you feel the need to write the op ed? >> listen, i came to washington from the private sector for one reason to fix the v.a. i know this matters a lot to the president. and we, as a country, have a long way to go to get the v.a. in proper shape. but it would be a mistake to conclude that we do not need the v.a. and that we have to dismantle the v.a. we have to improve the v.a. while at the same time, working with the private sector in inte...

Then potentially with president trump and as yet undisclosed location. he is also rumored to be considering a sit down with russians vladimir putin, while one of its doctor's critics, japanese prime minister shinzo abe says he is ready for a meeting too. what is drawing him out of hermit kingdom all of a set on? let's talk about it with a republican senator from south carolina lindsey graham, a member of the senate armed committee. >> that is a stunning overview. if you told me a year ago that the north korean leader would be meeting with president trump, potentially there russians and the jap...

So i want to thank you very much. we all want to thank you. [applause] that's why we're fighting to reform the v.a. that is why we signed v.a. accountability legislation into law. i want to thank you folks. that's been -- they've been trying to get that through for over 30 years. accountability. we want accountability. they don't treat our vets good, we want them out. that's what we can do now. we couldn't do it before. that was a tough one to get through. we got it through. now we're going for choice. we're going to get choice. that's another one that i wanted from the beginning. we'll get th...

But there have been no other reports that have come out. and i've addressed that everything that i did on this european trip was preapproved by ethics. was consistent with past policies in v.a. but when the inspector general had concerns about it, i wrote a check and i paid back every penny of a single coach air fare. that was the total amount that government funds were used for. and i paid that back. so look, i think i've addressed that. this was used in a political way to try to remove me. and, you know, this is washington. i'm a big boy. i understand that. i've said that it shouldn't be thi...