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Nixon keeps VA chief to aid Senate bid in Iowa
President Nixon reportedly let Donald F. Johnson stay as VA administrator through 1974 to run against Senator Harold Hughes in Iowa. The move comes amid furor over cutbacks in veterans benefits and shifts of blame to Olney Owen, the disability programs chief, who was later hired by the Veterans Affairs Committee. Johnson may remain until resignation to pursue the campaign.
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Lee Egerstrom
Our
National Bureau
Washington
Nixon
Veterans Administration
White House
Donald F. Johnson
United States
Independent, Press-Telegram
Johnson
Iowa
Harold Hughes
Hughes
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Senate
Congress
American Legion
Olney B. Qwen
Veterans Affairs
Office of Management and Budget
Owen
Veterans Committee
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
OMB