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Acosta, trump's labor secretary. he was investigated for serious misconduct in office. the -- third, was trump va secretary, robert wilkie, the va's inspector general referred him for potential prosecution to the u.s. justice department. the trump justice department also declined to prosecute mr. wilkie. then it was only earlier this year, it was a lane chao trumps transportation secretary, investigated by the inspector general at her own department on corruption charges, the results of the investigation was that elaine chao was referred to federal prosecutor for potential prosecution. and the...

Some are concerned the va mission act will be the end of the va. consider all the scandals that have happened and the long wait times and facilities being dirty, think about how people that deserve that the least, our nation's veterans, would it be a bad thing if the va disappears? >> i would say at the end of the day what matters is veterans get the care they need and they are whether it is at a great va facility or private-sector facility. in 2014-15 it was fair to call the va a disaster. you have hundreds of veterans dying on wait lists, some of them secret across the country. there have be...

Healthcare and that is where concern veterans from america want to go and where donald trump wants to go. >> these individuals who basically are the reason we have what we have, shouldn't they get decent healthcare? that is the main take away, isn't it? >> absolutely. too often in washington dc the discussion is what is going to happen with the va urography, they might not use that term but you hear terms like the health of the va. it should be the health of the veteran weather through the va with the private-sector it doesn't matter as long as the veterans get the best care possible.

So interesting, talking about the va and the care these brave men and women get, there's a new act called the va mission act changing the ways that we treat our veterans who give so much. give us some background and what you hope to accomplish through the va mission act. >> today the big day for the department of veterans affairs. this is the launch of the veterans community care program which will give more choice and more ability to access on the community if that is what they want. this is the biggest change in va healthcare in a generation, something donald trump signed on and campaigned o...

Priority, a good team in place. we hope they work with congress on issues that come up. the key thing will be don't try to cover them up and just fix them as they emerge. carley: you mentioned the dirty be word, bureaucracy. part of a larger discussion we are having in our country about socialized medicine, socialism in general. what lessons and especially those democrats are espousing medicare for all and socialism, what lessons can they take from the va's experience? >> the va is at its worst when it is not encouraging innovation and competition. socialist programs or whatever you want to ca...