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Denis McDonough's opening statement at his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Recorded January 27, 2021. Denis Richard McDonough (born December 2, 1969) is an American government official serving under President Joe Biden since 2021 as the eleventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [1]
The United States secretary of veterans affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits, health care, and national veterans' memorials and cemeteries. The secretary is a member of the Cabinet and second to last at sixteenth in the line of succession to the presidency (the ...
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs ( VA) is a Cabinet -level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...
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. [2] [3] [4] He was previously Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during the Trump administration, from November 2017 ...
The Deputy Secretary is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The position was created with the creation of the Department of Veterans Affairs in October 1988. Tanya J. Bradsher is the current Deputy Secretary, replacing Donald Remy on a permanent basis, effective September 20, 2023.
Jesse Brown and President Bill Clinton at the Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1993) Secretary of Veterans Affairs. In January 1993, Brown was selected by President Bill Clinton to the post of Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving until July 1997. He was the first African American to hold that post
Eric Ken Shinseki (/ ʃ ɪ n ˈ s ɛ k i /; Japanese: 新関 健, romanized: Shinseki Ken, born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) and the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003).
David Jonathon Shulkin (born July 22, 1959) is an American physician and former government official. 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.