VA chief visits joint base clinic, discusses progress

Erik K. Shinseki, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, speaks to physicians in Philadelphia, April 13, 2012, from the Community Based Outpatient Clinic on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., via the clinic’s new Telehealth system during a tour of the facility. Shinseki said on-site visits like this one are critical to helping him understand how his department can better serve its growing veteran populations. (Photo by Scott Snell)