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Rulings this morning, last day of the term. beyond that, it's the monday of the week of the fourth of july. basically nothing was on the calend calendar. the president announced the new head of the va and threw a roundhouse at house republicans saying he's going to do immigration reform on his own. there was the notification to congress another 200 troops are being sent to iraq. the president's letter says they're going to help secure the airport in baghdad and the u.s. embassy. there was the terrible use from israel from the bodies of the three kidnapped teenagers apparently being found. then...

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...

So welcome, new va chief. here's the reins, ekek. iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, paul, it's great to see you. >> good to be here, rachel. >> i know that you were surprised by this pick because i know you put out a statement to that effect. but was this guy not on the radar at all, did you have any expectations? >> no, he was on no one's radar whatsoever. he doesn't come from the military, he's not a retired general, he doesn't come from the health care space, he hasn't served in congress, it appears he's a republican. this was on nobody's radar. also the va has been keeping this clo...

And a scandal not just about veterans' access to care about the va, but the va covering up the problem that veterans were not getting access to care. today president obama announced he was tapping a new choice for va secretary. his name is robert mcdonald. he's a man with a limited military background, but a very robust and polished big business background. >> what especially makes bob the right choice to lead the va right now is his three decades of experience in building and managing one of the world's most recognized companies, procter & gamble. at ceo of procter & gamble, bob oversaw more ...

Experience but is it the kind of experience you think is going to be relevant at moving something that is after all headquartered in washington this. >> it's helpful that he comes from the outside, he's got fresh eyes. it's going to feel like driving a ferrari compared to the va. the va is a very difficult bureaucracy, it's very difficult to fire people, there are questions about transparency. now an ongoing fbi investigation so people will likely go to jail. understand congress has got to help, the president has got to help, the department of defense is involved here too. if they don't get th...