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Politics Day: Dr. Ronny Jackson and What the Nomination Says About Trump's Leadership

The White House
President Donald J. Trump talks with, from left to right, with Capt. Mark Kobelja, Director of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center; Dr. Ronny Jackson, Physician to the President; & Dr. James Jones, physician to the President

Dr. Ronny Jackson has been a White House physician since 2006. He's also a United States Navy rear admiral who has been nominated for Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

There are numerous allegations against him concerning his ability to lead, as well as an allegation that he's mishandled prescription drugs. During this hour of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Dave Andersen and Jim McCormick of Iowa State University. 

Andersen, McCormick and Kieffer also talk about leadership at the Environmental Protection Agency, the first state dinner at the White House with French President Emmanuel Macron, and international relations concerning Iran and North Korea. 

Lindsey Moon served as IPR's Senior Digital Producer - Music and the Executive Producer of IPR Studio One's All Access program. Moon started as a talk show producer with Iowa Public Radio in May of 2014. She came to IPR by way of Illinois Public Media, an NPR/PBS dual licensee in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Wisconsin Public Radio, where she worked as a producer and a general assignment reporter.
Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River