Buttigieg says he’d pick VA’s 1st female secretary if elected
"I think leadership plays a huge role so absolutely I'd seek to name a woman to lead VA," Buttigieg, a former Navy intelligence officer, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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What the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is doing to expand care and reduce veteran suicides
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently launched a major expansion aimed to improve veteran health care by opening up access to private doctors. But critics say the program offloads government responsibility to the private sector. Judy Woodruff sits down with…
WATCH LIVE: Trump signs funding bill in Las Vegas
The president is scheduled to sign the bill at 1:45 p.m. ET. Watch his remarks here.
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.
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.
The nomination of Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs now goes to the full Senate.
Veteran Affairs whistleblowers face blowback, researchers look for the roots of psychiatric diseases and other stories we're reading now.
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.
Acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is President Donald Trump's pick to permanently lead the beleaguered department.
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