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More efficient and effective. in short, he's about delivering better results. >> the new choice to run the va, robert mcdonald, he did go to west point. he spent five years as captain in the army but then he spent 33 years working for procter & gamble. is that kind of very big business expertise what the va needs at the very top in order to fix its problems? its problems are still considerable. the report came in friday from the assistant to the president who the white house sent to the va to fix that problem. his assessment was brutal. calls the scheduling standards arbitrary, ill-defined mis...

Restructuring, making operations more efficient and effective. in short, he's about delivering better results. >> the new choice to run the va, robert mcdonald, he did go to west west point, spent five years as captain in the army, then he spent 33 years working for procter & gamble. is that kind of very big business expertise what the va needs at the very top in order to fix its problems? its problems are still considerable. the report came in friday from the assistant to the president, who the white house sent to the va to basically ride herd on them trying to fix this problem, his assessmen...

To what doesn't work, adopting best practices that do, restructuring, making operations more efficient and effective. in short, he's about delivering better results. >> the new choice to run the va, robert mcdonald, he did go to west point. he spent five years as captain in the army but then he spent 33 years working for procter & gamble. is that kind of very big business expertise what the va needs at the very top in order to fix its problems? its problems are still considerable. the report came in friday from the assistant to the president, who the white house sent to the va to basically rid...

Health care. that's got to be priority number one. >> be drew, let's look at his background for a second. he has more than 30 years of experience at procter & gamble. he's given campaign contributions to mitt romney and house speaker john boehner. why do you think he was tapped for this job be? >> he was tapped because of his organizational skills and making other people in an organization better and better performing. this guy is what the va needs. they need a businessman to run this like a business and deliver account product in this case, what we're talking about, health care, to the vetera...

In that presidential campaign. that may explain why house speaker john boehner said bob mcdonald is the kind of person the va needs right now. >> a huge job ahead of hill. first and foremost getting through the confirmation process in the senate. jim thank you so much. let's get back down to brazil. chris is back over there for his -- i feel like that's your work travel. every week skwepbd you travel to brazil, cover the world cup. it's not too bad, buddy. >> reporter: easy flight. 11 hours. let me set the scene for you. the stakes, the tension and the crowds are all much bigger now. rio dejan...