Veterans Affairs Secretary Expresses ‘Regret’ For Disneyland Comments

Veterans Affairs Secretary Expresses ‘Regret’ For Disneyland Comments

by Charlie Spiering 25 May 2016

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/25/veterans-affairs-secretary-expresses-regret-disneyland-comments/

President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Veterans Affairs expressed “regret” for comparing VA hospital wait times to the lines at Disneyland — 30 hours after making the comments during a breakfast with reporters in Washington D.C.

“If my comments Monday led any Veterans to believe that I, or the dedicated workforce I am privileged to lead, don’t take that noble mission seriously, I deeply regret that,” he said. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”

Republicans immediately condemned his statement but McDonald at first refused to apologize, which only fueled the controversy.

In response, Senator Joni Ernst and Sen. Roy Blunt called for McDonald’s resignation.

A Democrat, Rep. Tammy Duckworth and Iraq war veteran who lost both of her legs in Iraq also condemned the statements.

“Comparing abhorrent wait times to a trip to Disneyland is unbelievably tone-deaf and hurtful to American heroes desperately in need of care,” Duckworth said in a statement.

But McDonald was defensive of his two years as VA Secretary, replacing Obama’s first appointee who resigned as a result of officials falsifying wait times.

“It was never my intention to suggest that I don’t take our mission of serving Veterans very seriously,” McDonald said in his statement. “In fact, improving access to care is my number one priority and the priority I have set for the entire department.”

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Robert A. McDonald is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Note: Tammy Duckworth was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, is an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.

Madeleine K. Albright was the president for the Center for National Policy, is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Roy Blunt is a trustee at the Truman Scholarship Foundation, and a U.S. Senate senator.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, and the Aspen Institute (think tank). 

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and Daisy M. Soros’s brother-in-law. 

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).  

Eric K. Shinseki was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Togo D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Chuck Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a professor at Georgetown University, and the deputy administrator for the U.S. Veterans Administration.

Madeleine K. Albright is an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a professor at Georgetown University, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and was the president for the Center for National Policy.

Roy Blunt is a trustee at the Truman Scholarship Foundation, and a U.S. Senate senator.

Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert A. McDonald is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Margaret C. Whitman is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and was a SVP for the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland).

John E. Pepper Jr. was the chairman for the Procter & Gamble Company, and a chairman for the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland).

Susan E. Arnold was a division president at the Procter & Gamble Company, and is a director at the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland).

Michael D. Eisner was the chairman & CEO for the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland), and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Madeleine K. Albright is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an honorary director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a professor at Georgetown University, an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, the president of the Truman Scholarship Foundation, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and was the president for the Center for National Policy.

Roy Blunt is a trustee at the Truman Scholarship Foundation, and a U.S. Senate senator.

Tammy Duckworth is an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, an advisory board member for the Center for National Policy, and was the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Daisy M. Soros is George Soros’s sister-in-law, and a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Louise Sunshine is a leader’s council member for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and was the EVP for the Trump Organization.

Stephen F. Bollenbach was the CFO for the Trump Organization, and a senior EVP & CFO for the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland).

Donald Trump is the chairman & president for the Trump Organization, and the candidate for the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign.

Susan E. Arnold is a director at the Walt Disney Company (Disneyland), and was a division president at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Robert A. McDonald was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company, and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.