. >> david shelton out with a new book titled it should not be this hard to serve your country. at yourking aim organization and you in particular saying that you want to privatize the v.a. system which was one of the reasons he was forced out by the president. the former v.a. secretary bespoke is a great work of fiction. have never advocated for privatizing the department of veterans affairs. giving veterans health care choice and health care freedom. for health care choice to work you need to have a strong v.a. and we believe veterans should have a choice between a good v.a. and a good community provider. the v.a. shouldn't be their only choice and community providers shouldn't be the only choice. that's what the secretary expressed on many occasions to us privately and in public. one of the secretaries problems is he's had a problem telling the truth did he would tell groups like us and people on capitol hill that he believes one thing and that he would go tell another group that he believes in another and he got caught. that's the real reason he ultimately had to leave his p

in this weekend on "after words" david shelton looks back as the secretary of veterans affairs and theistration. i believe as a physician that the right answer in healthcare is only you do the right thing for your patient. in this case the veteran, when you're a veteran what should you want? you should want the best care possible. where the va can provide those things that i said i don't believe are readily available in Ãbfocuses on areas that they do extraordinarily well but the private sector doesn't. amateur behavioral healthcare, ptsd, traumatic brain injury rehabilitation prosthetics and orthotics, the environmental exposure to toxic agents when you get in combat. these are the things that, frankly, the va does extraordinarily well. but the va can't do everything well. so if you are a veteran and you need specialized care or something is not available in your community, you should be able to get that in the private sector. i envision a hybrid system with a strong modern va focused on centers of excellence and things that are important to veterans and the ability to seek the privat

eastern on "after words" david shelton author of "it shouldn't be this hard to serve your country" recountse as a secretary of veterans affairs and the trump administration. he is interviewed by iraq and afghanistan veterans of america ceo jeremy butler. >> the government's involvement in va healthcare is the most effective way of honoring our nation's commitment to our veterans. that does not mean that veterans should not have the ability to go into the private sector when it's in their best interest when the care is better or specialized care is available that's not olivier. i think we all believe that should be available. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. recently on booktv, pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist ronan farrell spoke about his reporting on sexual harassment and assault. here's a portion of the program. >> there's a bigger point here about the patterns of corporate behavior. she talks very eloquently about making a painful decision to come forward in this book. and feeling that the women who came before her and had voice complaints within the company about

at 9:00 pm eastern on afterwords, david shelton, author of it shouldn't be this hard to serve your country, recount his time as secretary of veterans affairs in the trump administration. he is interviewed by iraq and afghanistan veterans of america ceo jeremy butler. >> the government's involvement in va healthcare is the most effective way of honoring our nation's commitment to our veterans. that does not mean veterans should not have the ability to go into the private sector when it is in their best interests, when the care is better or specialized care is available. we all believe that should be available. >> watch booktv every weekend on c-span2. now david axelrod, one of president obama's senior advisers talked with democratic presidential candidate pete t buttigieg at the institute of politics, they talk about the campaign, foreign-policy and the mayor's favorite novels, this is an hour and 10 minutes. [applause]

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