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.
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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.
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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.
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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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