Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump fired his secretary of Veterans Affairs last month. Trump's nominee to replace him withdrew last week. Meanwhile, many senior VA officials have quit. Veterans' groups see an agency without direction, which they worry is beginning to have an impact on the nine million veterans who rely on the VA for their health and benefits. NPR's Quil Lawrence covers veterans. He joins us here now. Hey there, Quil. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: Hi. CORNISH: So tell us who else has resigned from the VA and why they're leaving. LAWRENCE: The chief information officer, the deputy undersecretary for health, senior staff from the communications department. The deputy secretary's considered a lame duck. And some prominent ones who were recruited from the high - from high-paying jobs in the private sector, they left behind big salaries to come work for the VA, and they're quitting. The VA spokesman says that people are - who are leaving
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