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1 Anthony Principi served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs September 26, 1992 – January 20, 1993. 2 Hershel W. Gober served as Acting Secretary in his capacity as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs July 13, 1997 – January 2, 1998 and July 25, 2000 – January 20, 2001. [6]
President Joe Biden nominated McDonough to lead the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. [21] He appeared before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on January 27, 2021. On February 8, the Senate confirmed McDonough as VA Secretary by a 87–7 vote, with six senators absent. [22] McDonough is the second non-veteran to hold this ...
After the nomination was withdrawn, Joshua Jacobs became the acting under secretary while serving as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, from July 25, 2022 to April 26, 2023. He replaced Thomas J. Murphy, who is the director of the Northeast District, Veterans Benefits Administration. Murphy served as acting Undersecretary ...
VA Secretary: Returning to the office helps Veterans. Denis McDonough. February 8, 2024 at 3:05 AM. Bill Clark - CQ-Roll Call, Inc - Getty Images.
By the end of Secretary McDonald's tenure, Veterans at all VA Medical Centers had access to same-day services in primary care and mental health care. [39] In November 2016, nearly 97 percent of Veteran appointments were being completed within 30 days of the clinically indicated or Veteran's preferred date [ 40 ] and 85 percent were being ...
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump’s pick for the next the secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), has been delayed by a week until Jan. 21. Sen. Jerry ...
Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. (born August 2, 1962) [1] is an American lawyer and government official who served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from 2018 to 2021, during the Trump administration.
Mar. 1—CHEYENNE — President Joe Biden's Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, visited Cheyenne's VA Medical Center Friday morning on his fourth day touring Wyoming to meet with ...