Hillary Rodham Clinton is outlining steps to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs, pushing back against calls by Republicans to privatize the sprawling health care system for those who have served in the military.

The Democratic presidential candidate planned to discuss a package of proposals for veterans at a New Hampshire town hall meeting on Tuesday. Her pre-Veterans Day event comes as Republicans have questioned her commitment to veterans.

“I would like to see us have a top-to-bottom analysis of everything in the VA,” Clinton said last week in Iowa. She said she was concerned about calls by Republicans to privatize VA services “because I do not believe that will work. We will have too many veterans who will be left out or denied the care they need.”

Clinton said in an interview with MSNBC last month that the scandal involving chronic delays for veterans seeking medical care or seeking to have their claims processed had not been “as widespread” as suggested, and accused Republicans of politicizing the agency.

Republicans led by Arizona Sen. John McCain responded that Clinton had “a total lack of appreciation for the crisis facing veterans’ health care” and urged her to apologize.

Clinton has since said she was outraged by the problems and would seek a series of upgrades to improve care, services and job opportunities for the nation’s veterans.

(AP)