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2016 Postmortem

braddy

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2. He was appointed undersecretary for health at the VA, by President Obama in 2015.

Reply to rainbow4321 (Original post)

Thu Jan 12, 2017, 08:05 PM

Jan 2017

"President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he plans to nominate David Shulkin to be his secretary of veterans affairs, a position that requires Senate confirmation.

Shulkin is currently the undersecretary for health at the VA, which means he runs the Veterans Health Administration. He was nominated for that position by President Obama in March 2015 and confirmed by the Senate that June."

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Trump's nominee for VA secretary... [View all] rainbow4321 Jan 2017 OP

Why can't Congress fix this or am I being naive? CurtEastPoint Jan 2017 #1

He was appointed undersecretary for health at the VA, by President Obama in 2015. braddy Jan 2017 #2

He's also the first director that is an MD and doesn't have a military background. FSogol Jan 2017 #3