The Allegations Against Ronny Jackson

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🗓️ 25 April 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The nomination of Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, President Trump’s personal doctor, as the next head of Veterans Affairs has come to an abrupt stop. Now, Congress is beginning to examine several alarming allegations from unidentified whistle-blowers that derailed the doctor’s Senate confirmation process. Guest: Michael D. Shear, a White House correspondent for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:02.4	This is the Daily.
0:09.0	Today, the nomination of President Trump's personal doctor
0:13.8	as the next head of veterans affairs
0:16.8	had come to an abrupt stop.
0:19.8	Now, Congress is describing the alarming allegations
0:24.0	from unnamed whistleblowers
0:26.0	that derailed the doctor's nomination.
0:34.0	It's Wednesday, April 25th.
0:38.0	This was the week that Dr. Ronnie Jackson,
0:40.0	who currently serves at the White House
0:42.0	as the president's personal physician,
0:45.0	he was supposed to come to Capitol Hill
0:47.0	to be vetted and interviewed
0:50.0	by members of Congress to run
0:53.0	one of the largest bureaucracies
0:54.0	in the federal government,
0:55.0	the Veterans Affairs Department.
0:57.0	Mike Sheer covers the White House for the times.
0:59.0	This is a fellow Ronnie Jackson,
1:01.0	who hasn't gotten any serious management experience,
1:05.0	not somebody who has been in charge of huge numbers of staff,
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