4 veterans issues House leaders want to tackle in the new Congress
The leaders of the House Veterans Affairs Committee are facing a number of challenges in the year ahead, when they will try to set new priorities for addressing a department riddled with years of leadership challenges.
WATCH: VA Secretary nominee Denis McDonough testifies in Senate confirmation hearing
Prior to being Obama’s chief of staff from 2013-2017, he served in several national security roles in the administration, including deputy national security adviser.
Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA
President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. He is also nominating Denis McDonough, who was Obama's White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs…
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News Wrap: Obama Chooses Foreign Policy Adviser for New Chief of Staff
In other news Friday, President Obama selected his foreign policy advisor Denis McDonough to replace Jack Lew as White House chief of staff. Meanwhile the Defense Department began eliminating 46,000 Pentagon jobs held by temporary civilian workers, in response to…
Following the arrest of a man accused of trying to detonate a bomb in New York City's Times Square, Jeffrey Brown explores Faisal Shahzad's ties to Pakistan and the the U.S. security implications with Declan Walsh, a correspondent for The…
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