Robert Wilkie

What the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is doing to expand care and reduce veteran suicides

President Donald Trump walks with first lady Melania Trump among headstones as they take part in the annual "Flags-In" event at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend in Arlington, Virginia. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

AP fact check: Trump takes credit for Obama’s gains for vets

Boastful on the occasion of Memorial Day, President Donald Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for health care improvements that were underway before they took office. Here's a look at their claims.

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a "Salute to Service" dinner held in honor of the nation's military at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. REUTERS/Leah Millis

WATCH: Trump speaks at Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention

President Donald Trump is expected to deliver remarks at the national convention at 12:30 p.m. EDT today. Watch his remarks here.

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Veterans Affairs acting Secretary Robert Wilkie after informing him that he will be nominating him to be the new Secretary of the VA, during the Prison Reform Summit at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WATCH: Senate confirms Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs secretary

Senators confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie as Veterans Affairs secretary. He now faces the task of fulfilling President Donald Trump's promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector.

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Senate panel OKs Trump nominee Robert Wilkie to lead troubled VA

The nomination of Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs now goes to the full Senate.

By Hope Yen, Associated Press

Trump taps VA chief of staff to run agency on acting basis

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump is naming the chief of staff of the Department of Veterans Affairs to lead the agency on an acting basis while the president's nominee awaits Senate confirmation.