Scott Blackburn, a former companion on the consulting agency McKinsey and Company who was overseeing the transformation of the division’s digital well being data system, give up in mid-April. Mr. Blackburn, a disabled veteran and a graduate of Harvard, was changed by the previous director of knowledge operations for the Trump marketing campaign, Camilo Sandoval. […]
Mr. Trump expressed outrage on Thursday concerning the toll exacted on some folks near him. Dr. Jackson, the White House doctor and rear admiral who withdrew as nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs after accusations of consuming on official journeys and badgering his employees, is “an incredible man” whom Democrats have been “trying to destroy,” […]
Even with Congress on break, there was lots of information this week. From the expulsion of Russian diplomats to a citizenship query on the 2020 census, listed here are 5 of the most important tales in American politics this week, in a nutshell. (And some further hyperlinks if you wish to learn additional.) The 2020 […]
He stated center path that he had tried to pursue — investing within the division’s personal well being care system whereas providing veterans extra, although not unfettered, entry to personal docs — had been rejected by Trump administration officers concerned with rewarding personal people and firms with a windfall in authorities cash. “They saw me […]
If you’re like us, your preliminary response upon listening to that President Trump had picked his private doctor to move the Department of Veterans Affairs was: “What? You imply the man who seems like a retired Grateful Dead roadie and said ‘unequivocally’ that Mr. Trump can be ‘the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency’ […]
It has been my best skilled honor to serve our nation’s greater than 20 million veterans. Almost three years in the past, I left my personal sector job operating hospitals and got here to Washington to repay my gratitude to the women and men who put their lives on the road for our nation. I […]
In the midst of that turmoil, Dr. Jackson, 50, who was named to his present place by President Barack Obama in 2013, has grown shut with Mr. Trump, a commander in chief who enjoys acquainted faces in his orbit and sometimes rewards them with new roles. Dr. Jackson had a uncommon flip within the highlight […]
President Donald J. Trump immediately fired Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin, then tweeted that the White House physician Ronny Jackson is his nominee to exchange. I’m happy to announce that I intend to appoint extremely revered Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the brand new Secretary of Veterans Affairs…. — Donald J. Trump (@actualDonaldTrump) March […]