WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 21:  U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement to the news media about the recent problems at the Veterans Affairs Department in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House May 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama continues to express his concern over reports from current and former Veterans Affairs employees that some veterans had died while waiting to receive care. Rob Nabors, a White House deputy chief of staff, was dispatched to investigate deaths allegedly connected to a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Phoenix, Arizona.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)