Anyone who hates the military with a vengeance would be “qualified.”
Those two might actually be able to fix the problem. Thus, they will never be selected by this administration.
The problems at the VA cannot and will not be fixed by changing the top guy - they are structural and cultural and so will continue to fester. Most government operations have the same problem.
Strange thing that Carney and Shinseki were announced really early for a Friday News dump but is was predicted on the “Five” yesterday.
There is one person who would be perfect to run the VA, and most importantly, fix it...Mitt Romney
Anyone with expereince running a profitable business?
The VA needs a SEC with lots of experience as a large hospital administrator with hiring and firing authority at all levels.
Unfortunately, Obama’s pick will be purely political. He’ll pick a person based on their loyalty to him and the Marxist playbook.
Webb has a new book out, and naming him might remove a Clinton competitor.
Holly Petraeus-——just because her father and husband were military?
Great qualifications./s
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Obama will PUT another AA in the position...note that AA already run Homeland sec/ Justice/ Freddie/Fannie/
Max Cleland WAS Administrator of Veterans Affairs from January 20, 1977 toJanuary 20, 1981, under President Jimmy Carter.
Does he need a 2nd dip at the well?
Mattis is the only one worth a damn. Webb served honorably in Vietnam (and he’s a pretty fair writer), but he was a flop as both Navy Secretary and a Senator. Can’t get along with anyone, and gets bored with his assigned duties (or sees them as beneath him). Webb resigned as Navy Secretary so Reagan wouldn’t have to fire him. Not the guy you need to fix the VA.
General Mattis would only be effective if he had the authority to completely clean house and fire hundreds of incompetent and corrupt bureaucrats. But Obama will never allow that; the VA has a unionized workforce, and those public employee unions will never stand for reforms that would actually work. In fact, it was revealed the other day that the VA has dozens of senior employees—on the public payroll—who spend all of their time on union activities.
The best hope for VA healthcare is to implement a voucher system, allowing vets to utilize private doctors and hospitals. Unfortunately, that system will quickly become riddled with corruption, much like Medicaid and Medicare.
Jim Webb is his #1? I quit reading. He’s a tool.
I suggest Col. Allen West. Heads would roll.
Take McCain
I’m sorry, but the VA doesn’t need a good manager right now. What they need is an interim head chopper. A guy who can come in and fire the people who need to be fired and isn’t afraid of lawsuits. I’d find some nasty old guy with two years to live, and turn him loose.
-PJ
The entire list is wrong...
Sloan Gibson, Shinseki’s deputy at the VA...
I’m sorry, I have my doubts about this one...
To be honest, I am not sure anyone would be convinced by any appointment at this point, because nothing tangible has been to clean the systemic problems...
Keep in mind, I believe the problems are not total with the VA, there are regions with facilities that ARE doing the right thing...
There are obviously facilities that are doing horrendous things in their positions within that organization...It will not be hard to find them, and deal with them accordingly...
I still believe the fix is already in place within the VA’s charter...Congress passed that fix in recent history, and it was left to each region to implement in their own way...
THAT is where it can be easy to see where the deficiencies are...
Remember the president said he has a phone and a pen...This would be a good time to exercise those tools...In the interests of our Veterans, it would be a political bucket of water on the fire of the masses with short attention spans...
But far be it for me to state the obvious...
I have seen a lot of people walk away from this Administration. And without exception, each and every time that happens, they end up being replaced by someone even worse.