Trump Announces David Shulkin As Pick For Secretary Of Veterans Affairs [View all]
Source: NPR
David Shulkin, the under secretary for health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, leaves a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday at Trump Tower in New York.
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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 under secretary 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
Shulkin's official bio says he is a physician — a board-certified internist — and was the chief executive or chief medical officer of several hospitals and hospital systems. He's also an entrepreneur who founded a health care information company called DoctorQuality.
Notably, he's not a veteran. As NPR's Quil Lawrence reported last month, the VA has always been headed by a veteran
Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/11/509318144/trump-announces-david-shulkin-as-pick-for-secretary-of-veterans-affairs
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