Mark Whitehouse, Columnist

Trump's Quiet Progress on Veterans Affairs

He doesn't tweet about it much, but reform is moving along.

Moving in the right direction.

Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images
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For all the tweeting he does about repealing Obamacare, defeating Islamic State and building a wall along the Mexican border, President Donald Trump has precious little progress to show. By contrast, he has probably achieved the most in an area he mentions rarely: reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This special edition of the Trump Twitter Filter (what’s that? see here) steps back to take a look at the president’s activity since he took office in January -- to which campaign promises he has paid the most attention, and how much of that attention reflects movement toward the goals he set out (for further explanation, see footnote1500906726616).