VA secretary live at the National Press Club
Ernie Lamson salutes during the Pledge of Allegiance at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul, Minn. Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. The 91-year-old served in WWII with the 82nd Airborne Division.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald addresses the National Press Club in Washington and answers questions about accountability, mismanagement and "incompetent" employees in the $160 billion federal health care system for more than 4.5 million veterans.
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