Veterans Affairs nurses protest potential staffing cuts by Trump
Jesse Brown VA nurse Adelena Marshall thinks of all the veterans who might lose speedy healthcare if the Trump administration carries out its plan to cut 80,000 employees from the Department of Veteran Affairs.
VA hospitals across the country are already understaffed, according to a recent VA inspector general's report. Further cuts to the agency could be a matter of life and death, she said.
"Our veterans can walk into our clinics and come and get care anytime," Marshall said. "But...