we're always on the cutting edge in innovation becomes very, very important. >> robert mcdonald joining us. leonard, dayton, ohio, good morning. go ahead. >> caller: good morning. mr. mcdonald, privatization. that's what's killing us. in 1993, we had 17 and 2014 we only had 4. so privatization is killing us. the private sector cannot take care of our veterans. the cost is high. now, as you've been -- you came from cincinnati, you know the dayton area real good. >> yes, sir, i do. >> caller: what do you see? >> one of the issues is that we need help recruiting doctors, dentists, nurses. one thing i did when i became secretary, first thing i did, i started going to medical schools to recruit doctors. i've been to over 24 medical schools to recruit doctors and nurses. in doing that, what i discovered was we're not competitive with the private sector. we worked with congress to put together legislation that would allow us to make sure all of our medical personnel become that is called title 38 rather than title 5, which allows us to pay competitive with the private sector. i also looked at

coming up wednesday morning veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing veterans, including v.a. reforms, the commission on care report, and access to health care on veterans. tennessee republican congressman phil rowe will talk about wednesday's veterans committee hearing on the care the v.a. provides, criticism of secretary mcdonald, and the possible subpoena by the v.a. commission regarding documents of art purchases by the v.a. nationwide since 2010. >> wednesday a hearing on improving veterans health care. members of the commission on care testify before the house veterans affairs committee live at 10:15 a.m. eastern here on c-span 3. donald booth, special envoy, testifies live at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. >> american history tv airs on c-span 3 every weekend telling the american story through events, interviews, and visiting historic locations. our features include lectures and history, visits to college classrooms across the country, to hear lectures by top history professors. american artifacts takes a look at the treasures at u.s. historic sites

. >> coming up tonight here on c-span, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald. then the house veterans affairs committee with a hearing on health care for veterans. and later, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg talks to georgetown university law students. this story from "the hl," r.s. commissioner john costky then on wednesday made his case against impeachment to two groups of house republicans. he met with members of the moderate tuesday group as well as members of the conservative republican study committee where some lawmakers support his impeachment. the argument to impeach koskinen is he didn't comply with a subpoena and made false statements under oath while congress was investigating the i.r.s.'s scrutiny of conservative group's applications for tax exempt status. republican representatives john flemming and tim huelskamp had a privileged resolution to impeach koskinen. if they give notice, the house will have two dies to take action on it. they could move to table the measure instead of holding a vote on the measure. speaker ryan has been cool to

secretary, robert mcdonald? mr. shane: i don't know if it is a direct response to him. accountability has been an issue since the 2014 scandal. a lot of folks, special ed veterans affairs, but within the house, has complained that -- there is a lot of confrontation about bills out there and he has found ways to fire enough people. v.a. officials, mcdonald, gibson, deputy secretary, did say, look, we are holding folks accountable. you can't just keep getting rid of people. there has to be a comprehensive look at who do we need to get rid of, and how do we do this to make the entire system better? >> here's the statement of the administration policy. to veto anyhreaten of this, it is sort of a lukewarm reaction. what would be in ideal situation this passesl and if the house, with the white house supported? mr. shane: if it passes the house, and still has a tough go at the senate. i have already heard from some democrats who said they're not planning on supporting it. alks from the senate have different bill that is more .omprehensive a caregiver program. their own account

the house veterans affairs fromttee meeting today offering recommendations for improving the robert mcdonaldealth care system. go to www.c-span.org for more information. program, we will hear from a republican member of that committee, representative bill brooks of tennessee. our first guest of the morning joining us as the secretary of the veterans affairs department, robert mcdonald. thank you for coming. the hearing today, what does it deal with? guest: something called the commission on care. something that was part of the choice act. when congress asked the robert to carve out six $2 -- $60 of our budget million of our budget. time, they came up with 18 recommendations. of the 18, we said we agree with 15 of the 18. 12 of the 15 are already underway or already completed. for us, the commission and their findings reinforces but we are trying to do with our my v.a. transformation in transforming the work of the v.a. to better care for veterans. host: although care delivered by the v.a. is comparable or better than clinical quality generally available to the private sector, it is inconsist

coming up wednesday morning, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing veterans including v.a. reforms, commission on care reports. veterans affair committee member phil roe will talk about wednesday's hearing on the care that v.a. provides. the possible subpoena either v.a. commission regarding documents. us the contributing editor for the national review. the story on the impact of automation. watch c-span's washington journal getting at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. ♪ >> now retired marine corps general is a part of a discussion on the political and security situation in afghanistan. posted by the brookings institution, this is an hour and 40 minutes. michael: good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings, i'm mike o'hanion here 25eud to discuss afghanistan. in one sense it's still a hopeful time of the year. the redskins haven't lost a name anti-nationals are still in first place. so we're all hopeful. on the other hand, 15 years into the afghanistan mission and 15 years after 9/11 we know that there is an ongoing, very difficult struggl

he is retired and you are on with robert mcdonald, go on. >> good morning gentlemen, i'm going to the va today. i think one of the worst things we could do is privatize the va system. i've had several surgeries and i prefer the healthcare i get there. i would rather use the minneapolis va rather than the mayo clinic's. they do an excellent job. i would hate to see a privatized. >> thank you so much for your comments. whenever somebody approaches me and says they like us to privatize the va, i asked them three questions, number one are you a veteran, generally they are not and certainly not a disabled veteran, number two have you talked to veteran, and generally they have not, their thoughts comes from politicalts ideology and number three you have any interest in a private healthcare system that would benefit if the va was privatized and as you may recall they called out the fact that many of the commissioners on the commission for care actually ha: interest but they did not stay privatized. >> from north carolina, diana's next. good morning. >> caller: good good morning, thank you fo

we are live for robert mcdonald. you see him on the right of your screen, he is testifying this afternoon before the senate veterans affairs committee on a recent report looking at recommendations for improving the v.a. healthcare system. we will hear testimony from the heads of several veterans groups. this hearing expected to get under way in a moment. live coverage here on c-span3. >> i'd like to welcome the secretary and we're glad to have you here today. we will change our methodology a little bit. we have two votes, one at 2:45 and one following that vote. we will run the hearing continuously. the ranking member andry going to wave opening statements so we can go directly to secretary mcdonald to make his full statement for the record. then we will go into as much q & a as we can. when i have to leave, hopefully there is somebody here so we can keep it rolling. with your cooperation, we will maybe make sure we don't have to shut down. if we do, it's only for a couple of minutes. let me welcome everybody to this

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c-span, the an .a.retary -- in the a -- v secretary robert mcdonald.er chance to see the memorial service for carbon mark takano. -- congressman mark to cut. -- mark takae. >> c-span's washington journal like every day with news and policy issues that impact you. the morning, we're talking with members of congress about key issues before the house and natural resources committee. guests include microtech representative debbie dingell and congressman bruce westermann from arkansas, the committee congressmanshop and from arizona. watch c-span's washington journal live beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. join the discussion. thursday, the heads of the u.s. armed forces testified about the long-term budget needs of the military. the senate armed services committee is considering military readiness under budget caps. watch live at 9:30 eastern on c-span3. now veterans affairs secretary robert all testifies not implement in the commission on can report to improve the epa health care system. v.a. health care system. this is 2.5 hours.

he will have a great testimony. ,et me welcome the secretary robert mcdonald to make his testimony. >> thank you. ranking members, members of the committee, thank you for this time to talk about the ongoing transformation and commission on care final report. let methe house had a the same opportunity last week. neither i nor the veteran service organizations were invited to testify in person. i asked that my written statement be submitted for the record. >> without objection. chairing thisk commission. nancy didn't do an outstanding job keeping things together. -- did an outstanding job keeping things together. on the course we have been on for the past two years, there is not much we have not thought of or not already doing as part of our ongoing transformation efforts. we differ on some details as we wholeheartedly agree with the intent of almost all of the commission's recommendations. 15 as of 18. we certainly agree on how wrong it would be to privatize the health care. privatization would be a boon for some health care severalions but as leading pss told the commission, a good th

coming up wednesday morning, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing veterans including vice preside v.a. reforms and access to health care for veterans. and tennessee republican congress nanman phil rowe will talk about wednesday's veterans committee hearing on the care the v.a. provides, the commission on care report, criticism of v.a. secretary mcdonald, and the possible is subpoena by the d.a. commission regarding documents of art purchases by the v.a. naigswide since 2010. also joining us, andrew stutterburg, contributing editor for the "national review," recent story on the impact of automation on elites in america. watch c-span's "washington journal" live beginning at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> the ongoing humanitarian crisis in sudan is the focus of the house foreign affairs committee hearing wednesday. donald booth, u.s. special envoy to sedan and south sedan, testifies live at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg speaks to first year law students wednesday at georgetown universi

chairman, i move that the committee authorize the issuance of a subpoena to the honorable robert mcdonald, secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs, of the department of veterans affairs to produce all documents indicating the amounts spent and in the process of spending on artwork and ornamental furnishings from fiscal year 2010 to present. as well as the entire investigative file, all interviewed transcripts attachment attachments, exhibits and other related documentation pertaining to the administrative investigation board or aib report on the aurora, colorado, replacement medical center construction project. >> do i hear a second? >> point of clarification - >> we're moving forward with a vote on the subpoena as -- >> as is? >> all those in favor - >> we're done. i gave that opportunity to the ranking member, i did not get an act we acquiescence. the motion carries. i'm now signing the subpoena for the production of documents and here by direct its issuance forthwith. this concludes the business meeting for today. >> i'll go ahead and ask our two witnesses to come to the t

and coming up wednesday morning, veterans affair secretary robert mcdonald only current issues facing veterans including the commission on healthcare report and access

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coming up wednesday morning, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing veterans including vice preside v.a. reforms and access to health care for veterans. and tennessee republican congress nanman phil rowe will talk about wednesday's veterans committee hearing on the care the v.a. provides, the commission on care report, criticism of v.a. secretary mcdonald, and the possible is subpoena by the d.a. commission regarding documents of art purchases by the v.a. naigswide since 2010. also joining us, andrew stutterburg, contributing editor for the "national review," recent story on the impact of automation on elites in america. watch c-span's "washington journal" live beginning at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> the ongoing humanitarian crisis in sudan is the focus of the house foreign affairs committee hearing wednesday. donald booth, u.s. special envoy to sedan and south sedan, testifies live at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg speaks to first year law students wednesday at georgetown universi

chairman, i move that the committee authorize the issuance of a subpoena to the honorable robert mcdonald, secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs for the department of veterans affairs to produce all documents indicating the amounts it has spent and is in the process of spending on artwork and ornamental furnishings from fiscal year 2010 to present. as well as the entire investigative file, all interviewed transcripts attachments, exhibits and other related documentation pertaining to the administrative investigation board or aib report on the aurora, colorado, replacement medical center construction project. >> do i hear a second? >> point of clarification -- >> we're moving forward with a vote on the subpoena as it is. >> as is? >> we're done. i gave that opportunity to the ranking member. i did not get an acquiescence. all those in favor say aye. opposed, no. the opinion of the chair, the

. >> veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies wednesday about implementing recommendationsof the veterans care report. watch testimony before the senate veterans affairs committee five at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> the due case new secretary of state for exiting the union testified on tuesday and preparations for the transition and the role of parliament during negotiations e.u. the british parliament committee heard from david davis. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> will call to order. welcome to the session on foreign affair session. on gaining information into the brexit exit. so you're very welcome, i know this is your second gig in two days and that you have told the house of the european union yesterday on it was a particular pleasure. which i hope to repeat today. >> is that the reason you chose to sit at that end of the building? >> i did not even do the scheduling. between your clocks in my office. >> i don't imagine it was with our clocks. >> you made some pen a decision to go there first. but that is the general hook that i want to take into my next

and coming up wednesday morning, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing including v.a. reforms, and access to health care for veterans. and then vet rains fairs committee member tennessee republican congressman phil roe will talk about wednesday's veteran hearing on the care the v.a. provides. the commission on care report, criticism of v.a. secretary mcdonald and a possible subpoena by the v.a. commission regarding documents of art purchases by the v.a. nationwide since 2010. also joining us andrew stutterford, contributing editor for the national review. we'll discuss his recent story of the impact on automation on elites in america. live beginning at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. >>> american history tv airs on c-span3 every weekend, telling the american story through event, interviews, and visiting historic locations. our features include lectures in history, visit to college classrooms across the country. to hear lectures by top history professors. american artifacts takes a look at the treasures at u.s. historic sites, museums

chairman, i move that the committee authorize the issuance of a subpoena to the honorable robert mcdonald, secretary of the u.s. department of veterans affairs, of the department of veterans affairs to produce all documents indicating the amounts spent and in the process of spending on artwork and ornamental furnishings from fiscal year 2010 to present. as well as the entire investigative file, all interviewed transcripts attachme attachments, exhibits and other related documentation pertaining to the administrative investigation board or aib report on the aurora, colorado, replacement medical center construction project. >> do i hear a second? >> point of clarification -- >> we're moving forward with a vote on the subpoena as -- >> as is? >> all those in favor -- >> we're done. i gave that opportunity to the ranking member, i did not get an act we acquiescence. the motion carries. i'm now signing the subpoena for the production of documents and here by direct its issuance forthwith. this concludes the business meeting for today. >> i'll go ahead and ask our two witnesses to come to the t

later, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies about implementing recent recommendationscommission on veterans care aport, including developing process for vets to appear -- appeal clinical health decisions. the head of veterans organizations will also weigh in. that is that 2:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. aides of former secretary of state hillary clinton refused to testify at a hearing on capitol hill. one former adviser did not attend the hearing, despite being issued a subpoena. the man who set up hillary clinton's e-mail on a private justin cooper, did testify, taking questions on security issues. this house oversight committee hearing is about two and a half hours. rep. chaffetz: the committee on oversight reform, is coming without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. it's a very important hearing we're having examination state department and federal records as we know. now, hillary clinton, as secretary of state, for nearly four years, roughly four years, helped create one of what is reported to be one of the biggest security breaches in

later, veteran's affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies about implementing recent recommendations on the commission of veteran's care report, including developing a process for vets to appeal critical health decisions. that is live at 2:30 eastern, also on c-span 3. >> donald trump's running mate, mike pence criticized hillary clinton for referring to half of donald trump's supporters as "a basket of deplorables." commentse says the disqualify her from serving as president and that she should apologize for the statement. governor pence made the comments at a press conference that followed a meeting with house speaker paul ryan and other republican leaders at the republican national committee headquarters in washington. >> i hope you like the new set up. first of all, we just left our conference and there was an excitement in the air to have our good friend, governor mike pence back. for many years he let us in our conference, let us into the majority. and a lot of excitement as he travels across the country with a number of members joining him in the future of making america great

let me welcome the secretary of the va robert mcdonald to make his testimony, and we will go there.members of the committee, thank you for this time to talk about va's ongoing transformation of the commission on care's final report. i wish the house had lobbied the same opportunity last week but neither i nor the veteran service or decisions were invited to testify in person. i asked my written statement be submitted for the record. >> without objection. >> first let me thank ms. schlichting for chairing the commission. i know it wasn't easy but nancy did an outstanding job in keeping things together. over all i see the commission's report as validation of the course we've been on for the past two years. there's hardly anything report we have not already thought of or are not already as part of our own test ongoing efforts. we differ on the details but we wholeheartedly agree with the intent of almost all the commission's recommendations. 15 out of 18. we certainly agree on how wrong it would be to privatize the health care. privatization would be a boon for some health care corpora

joining us to discuss the state of our veterans is secretary of veterans affairs robert mcdonald.>> good morning, meek. it's great to be here. >> how are things going with the v.a.? obviously you came in under tough circumstances and sort of remained tough. where are you making progress, where do you they'd to make more progress? >> i've been secretary two years, joe. remember, prior to that i ran procter & gamble company. i've been there 30 years. the idea was how do we come into v.a., president charged me with making it a successful health care business. over the last two years, each year 4 million more than we had before, hired more doctors, put in more space, more nurses, expanded hours. we've driven down disability claim backlog by 90%, from its peak of 600,000 and we've cut veteran homelessness in about half since 2010. making progress but we've got more to do. >> the gao said in april that the system still is not -- you all still haven't fixed the scheduling problem. >> what are they talking about? >> in the midst of implementing new scheduling system. the original scheduli

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and coming up wednesday morning, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald on current issues facing veterans, including v.a. reform, the commission on care report, and access to health care for veterans. and then vet cran -- veterans affairs committee remember congressman phil roe will talk about wednesday's committee meeting on the care the v.a. are provides, criticism of v.a. secretary mcdonald and a possible subpoena regarding art purchases by the v.a. nationwide in 2010. also joining us, andrew stuttiford of the "national review" who will discuss his review of automation in america. join the discussion. >> for campaign 2016, c-span continues on the "road to the white house." >> i will be a president for democrats, republicans, and independents. >> we're going to win with education, we're going to win with the second amendment. we're going to win. >> ahead, live coverage of the presidential and vice-presidential debates on c-span. the c-span radio app, and c-span.org. monday, september 26 is the first presidential debate. live from hoffs rah university in new york. -- from hofstr

mcdonald was facing charges of sexual abuse when he spoke at tennyson high school last year. michelle roberts joins us from hayward. what's the plan tonight? >> reporter: a public meeting just started a few minutes ago. it's a very good turnout. dozens of people inside. many are expecting to speak. first it will be open to public comment, then closed session where a vote is expected. >> we're not here to fire anyone. we're here to do what's best for the kids. we will take action on items that are best for the kids. >> reporter: tonight, luis rain oso and other school board members will review a three-month-long investigation surrounding stan dobbs. the superintendent has been on paid administrative leave since june, due to his involvement in the decision to allow san francisco 49er ray mcdonald to speak to at-risk students at tennyson high school last year. mcdonald has been accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault. the students were not made aware of mcdonald's criminal history before his motivational speech. the board will review a violent outburst that took place during a board meeting

roberts describes what happened as they eluded police. >> what'd you do, where'd you go? >> we drove around. we went to taco bell, the mall, mcdonalds. >> just drying around? >> yeah. >> eating food. >> with an >> yeah. no cops behind me. i won't say anything. i was smart enough to take the plate off the truck at the time and put a different one on. >> eventually you got caught. >> obviously, i lealty them catch me. >> roberts insists he learned his teenage daughter was being lured online by an older man and feared for her safety. >> i said we got to leave. without her. >> what did you do? >> what do you mean what i did? i punned him in his -- punched him in his face and took my kid and said you're going in foster care. she said i'm leaving with you or leaving with him. >> so i took her. >> roberts is a convicted sex offenders charged with multiple counts of rape in 2005 involving a young girl. he was sexual imposition, a gsi charge and served three years in prison. he was awarded custody last year of his two young girls. >> in 2005, you were sent to prison -- >> for gsi. >> gross sexual imposition. you were charged with five counts

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later, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies about implementing recent recommendations from the commission on the veterans care report, including health decisions. that's live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c pan 3. >>> republican vice presidential nominee mike pence says it was an emotional return to capitol hill. the indiana governor responded to hillary clinton's remarks at a fund raising dinner friday evening where she referred to half of donald trump's supporters as coming from, quote, the basket of deplorables. >> i think millions of americans were shocked and saddened to see hillary clinton refer to people across this country as a basket of deplorables. in a prepared speech before wealthy donors in new york city on friday night. she said that, at the time, half of the people supporting donald tr

later, veterans affairs secretary robert mcdonald testifies about implementing recent recommendations from the commission on the veterans care report, including health decisions. that's live at 2:30 p.m. eastern on c pan 3. >>> republican vice presidential nominee mike pence says it was an emotional return to capitol hill. the indiana governor responded to hillary clinton's remarks at a fund raising dinner friday evening where she referred to half of donald trump's supporters as coming from, quote, the basket of deplorables. >> i think millions of americans were shocked and saddened to see hillary clinton refer to people across this country as a basket of deplorables. in a prepared speech before wealthy donors in new york city on friday night. she said that, at the time, half of the people supporting donald trump and i were irredeemable. we're not americans. and frankly, i've never heard a major party candidate in the united states speak about the american people with such contempt. i mean, i'm out on the campaign trail every day. i'm campaigning with donald trump and for donald trump