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Real tough situation in the white house and calls into question his leadership capabilities. >> ken, let's talk about the vetting process. that sort of thing would usually come up in the vetting process when you're trying to install somebody as a cabinet secretary. no? >> absolutely. it speaks to the lack of vetting process we've seen here so far. as you may remember, dr. jackson was kind of like a surprise pick for v.a. secretary. his name hadn't been floated prior to that, and there wasn't a lot of reviewing from what we can tell of his background. the president has a very got rapport with d...

Could come out of this situation in a better position, perhaps, reschedule a hearing, but the question is does this report, these findings from back in 2012 make that more difficult? and as garrett points out, if he's suggesting to senators that he knew nothing about an i.g. report and yet, he appears to have ordered this up in 2012, that could be a big problem. >> ken thomas and garrett haake, thank you. joining me now is a member of the senate of the veteran's affairs committee. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> we got word confirming the allegations against dr. jackson includ...

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Of this when he's the president's nominee? >> that's a good question. we were able to review this report and it's really not clear how far up the chain of demand it has gone. whether it was something that the president was able to review before he made the nomination. it's really unclear how long they've known about these allegations in this report. >> garrett, where do things stand on capitol hill? i know you talked to dr. ronny jackson earlier today as he was going from meeting to meeting. he didn't deny the allegations when you asked him about them. >> he didn't specifically deny the allega...

Denied the allegations when the two recently spoke. even before the allegations surfaced, lawmakers had concerns about someone with no experience running a large bureaucracy, becoming the leader of the second largest bureaucracy in the government and they've been handed another nomination that doesn't appear to be fully vetted. >> based on your meeting with him so far, do you think he's qualified to lead the v.a.? >> the jury is out. >> the allegations that have come out against admiral jackson are very -- >> there were questioning about him to begin with, whether he has management experience....