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Do this successfully? hallie? moralen chesky, we look forward to that interview tine on nightly news. today is the ten-year anniversary of the policy of don t ask/don t tell, letting openly out of an honorable discharge, veterans can be barred from getting benefits. well, today the va is announcing a new plan that would let lgbtq vets forced out get those benefits for service. for a sense of the scope of how many people this affects, advocates think as many as 100,000 vets in the last 70 years have been removed from the ....
David shulkin was a holdover from the obama administration, but he had a blistering op-ed in the new york times essentially saying how difficult it was to do his job in this administration in washington here, so certainly voicing many of those frustrations. but the reality here is the doctor has a close relationship to the president, that helps any cabinet secretary. certainly if he s confirmed, big question, if he s confirmed, will surround himself by people who know how to run agencies. but, john, the va is the second largest part of the federal government here, the second largest department, so certainly an upgrade in terms of people he ll be in charge of should he be confirmed. that will come perhaps by summer. but some weeks away, john. senate democrat jeanne shaheen told me she needs to hear what dr. jackson has to say. she s not a no vote but not convinced yet he has the experience. jeff zeleny, great to have you ....