The Traveling Secretaries

Today, we hear about a trip taken in July by Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin. It was about half-business and half-pleasure. The business half consisted of meetings with English and Danish officials. The pleasure half included a Wimbledon championship tennis match, a tour of Westminster Abbey, a cruise on the Thames, a canal tour of Copenhagen, walks, self-guided tours, shopping and photo stops. All with his wife, a security detail, his chief of staff and another aide. They did travel by commercial airlines. Shulkin’s immediate predecessor, Robert McDonald, took no foreign work trips,