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It's our residencies that train doctors. >> did you realize that we have the largest nurse force in the nation? who's going to train the doctors and nurses if it's not the va? secondly research. we send $1.8 billion a year on research. we invented the nicotine patch, the first liver transplant. the first implantable pacemaker. it was a nurse that came up with the bar code to connect patients with charts and records. clinical work research teaching. and that makes a difference for our veterans. it also makes a difference for american medicine. >> there has been part of what's underlining the po...

Student studying abroad says bystanders called the coast guard. luckily she was still conscious after taking that direct hit. wow. after a quick break here we have new information about the tulsa reserve deputy who says he mistook his gun for a taser shooting and killing a suspect. plus there's still a lot of work to be done to repair the confidence in the department of veterans affairs after last year's scandal. on the rachel maddow show the new v.a. secretary said the v.a. plays a critical role in american medicine. >> not only do veterans need the v.a. but american medicine needs the v.a. w...

Va, which means america needs the va. let me explain what i mean, did you realize that 70% of u.s. doctors are trained by the va? it's our residencies that train doctors. >> wow. >> did you realize that we have the largest nurse force in the nation? who's going to train the doctors and nurses if it's not the va? secondly, research. we send $1.8 billion a year on research. we invented the nicotine patch, the first liver transplant. the first implantable pacemaker. it was a va nurse that came up with the idea of using a bar code to connect patients with charts and records. the electronic medical...

Robert mcdonald, our nation's secretary of veterans affairs, it's a real honor to have you with us. >> great to be with you tonight. >> i think there's something going on politically, that hasn't received a lot of national attention yet, i feel it percolating, which is a concerted effort to end the va in terms of its core functions providing health care to our nation's veterans. do you think that such a movement is afoot and how do you feel about it? >> as i went through my confirmation process, some members of the senate asked me to do an analysis of this, and i'm a business guy. so coming in...