NEW YORK (AP) — Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
"We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform," Trump said in a statement Thursday.
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Collins is a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command. The Republican served in Congress from 2013 to 2021, and he helped defend Trump during his first impeachment process.
Trump also said Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Service.
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