President Obama will recap his meeting with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki during remarks from the White House.
Shinseki on Friday apologized for the scandal embroiling his agency amid questions over whether he will be replaced in the coming days.
“I apologize as the senior leader of Veterans Affairs,” he said at the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans 2014 conference Friday morning. “That breach of integrity is irresponsible; it is indefensible and unacceptable to me.”
“I also offer that apology to members of Congress who have supported me, to veteran service organizations who have been my partners for five years, and to the American people. All of them, all of them deserve better from the VA.”
Shinseki met with President Obama at the White House this morning to give him “an update” on the situation at the VA, according to the White House.
The meeting came amid widespread speculation that Shinseki could be fired by the president.
Shinseki accepted some blame on Friday for the problems, saying he had been too trusting of subordinates.