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Sun Journal

Location

New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 2020

Page

5

Calls grow for VA chief Wilkie to resign amid IG findings

The American Legion and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined calls for Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie to step down after an inspector general report found he sought to discredit a Democratic aide who accused a VA facility of sexual assault. The findings noted harmful remarks and a hostile tone toward the accuser, raising questions about leadership at the agency serving nine million veterans. Biden transition plans to appoint Denis McDonough as VA secretary.

Washington Veterans Organization Nancy Pelosi Donald Trump Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie American Legion James W. “Bill Oxford Wilkie Trump Veterans of Foreign Wars Afghanistan Veterans of America Disabled American Veterans Amvets Modern Military Association of America Department Veterans Affairs’ Inspector General Andrea Goldstein Mark Takano House Veterans’ Affairs Committee VA Medical Center Washington, D.C Goldstein Michael Missal Missal Jeremy Butler Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America Takano Concerned Veterans For America Jan Brown Inspector General’s Office Justice Department David Shulkin Pentagon Joe Biden Denis McDonough Barack Obama White House

Pentagon to begin COVID vaccine at 16 sites

The Pentagon will vaccinate health care workers emergency personnel and retirement home residents at 16 locations in the U O S and abroad with about 43 875 doses from Pfizer. Initial doses will be voluntary with potential future mandatory use after FDA licensing. Top leaders including Acting Secretary Miller and Gen Milley to receive early shots for public demonstration.

Washington Pentagon United States Food and Drug Administration Defense Christopher Miller Mark Milley Joint Chiefs of Staff Jonathan Hoffman FDA Thomas McCaffery Alameda Portsmouth Indiana National Guard Franklin Indiana New York National Guard Medical Command Watervliet New York Pfizer Tripler Army Medical Center Honolulu Allgood Army Community Hospital Camp Humphreys South Korea Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Germany Kadena Medical Facility Kadena Air Base Japan

Chinese Americans honored by Congress for WWII service

Congress honors Chinese American WWII veterans with Congressional Gold Medal ceremony. About 20,000 Chinese Americans served, including Flying Tigers and Navy personnel, despite exclusion laws. Army Capt. Francis Wai earned the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in the Philippines. Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo was among those recognized.

Congress Washington United States U.S America Flying Tigers 14Th Air Service China-Burma-India Mark Takano D-Calif House Veterans Affairs Committee Europe Pacific Normandy Central Takano Army Francis B. Wai Philippines Elsie Chin Yuen Seetoo Hong Kong Pearl Harbor House Lewis Woo Yee Houston Congressional Capitol Hill

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Pelosi Amvets National Secretary of Veterans Affairs Richard Wilkie National Press Club Jacquelyn Martin Associated Press Joint Base Lewis McChord Womack Army Medical Center Fort Bragg, North Carolina Navy Branch Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore University OF Maryland OF Medicine Via the
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