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Trump Has Yet to Name VA Secretary
Monday, January 9, 2017 02:48 PM
By: Joe Crowe
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet selected a candidate to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
He has looked at about a dozen candidates, but the position remains unfilled as confirmation hearings begin this week for his other Cabinet positions, according The Washington Post.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is the second-largest federal department and is the country's largest health-care system, The Post reports.
The president-elect has met with retired military leaders, politicians, and healthcare executives, and he has met multiple times with several. A number of contenders have turned down Trump's offer, The Post notes.
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