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In 2017, Shulkin became the ninth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs and served under President Donald Trump. He was the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health from 2015 until 2017, appointed by President Barack Obama. On March 28, 2018, President Trump dismissed Shulkin from his position by tweet, [2] and announced that ...
Veterans will also be watching Trump's cabinet picks, including who he taps to lead the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs, which respectively lead the world's most ...
On January 11, 2017, David Shulkin, the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health under President Barack Obama, was selected to be the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [209] On February 13, he was confirmed by the Senate in a vote of 100–0. He assumed office on February 14, 2017.
President Trump announced the creation of the Office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) in the United States Department of Homeland Security. [18] [19] Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government. He was sequestered at a ...
President-elect Donald Trump said that he will nominate Doug Collins, a former Georgia lawmaker, to lead the Department of Veteran Affairs in his administration.
President-elect Donald Trump has announced former congressman Doug Collins as his pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs. “We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and ...
ATLANTA (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would appoint Doug Collins to lead the Veterans Affairs Department in his new administration.. Here are five things to know about the former Republican congressman from Georgia who would lead the agency tasked with providing health care to former members of the U.S. armed forces:
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]