Fire alarm ends VA secretary’s speech on innovation

Published August 8, 2017 1:59pm ET



Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin on Tuesday was forced to end his speech about VA innovations early because of a fire alarm.

Shulkin was speaking at Georgetown University about innovative steps the VA is taking to improve healthcare access for veterans, when a fire alarm suddenly blared out.

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