Veteran Satisfaction High Following Trump Admin Reforms—Robert Wilkie, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Reform of the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs was a key campaign promise of candidate Donald Trump. So how have things changed since President Trump took office? What are the key and unexpected issues facing veterans today? And what has Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie done to meet these challenges, helping drive up both employee and veteran satisfaction dramatically? This is American Thought Leaders, and I’m Jan Jekielek. Today we sit down with VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. We look at a range of veterans’ issues, including the mental health crisis, opioid addiction, and homelessness, and how Wilkie is using the largest budget in VA history to address them.