BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough heard frustrations over high turnover rates among health care providers at the agency as he began a three-day tour of Montana on Monday his first official trip since being confirmed in February.
The former chief of staff for President Barack Obama was invited to Montana by Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, the newly-named chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. McDonough said in response to concerns about high turnover that he wanted to make the VA “a place where people want to work.” He also highlighted money to help upgrade VA facilities that was included in the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief package.
VA Secretary McDonough tours Montana with Sen Tester
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VA Secretary McDonough to tour Montana with Sen. Tester
April 5, 2021
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is scheduled to visit Montana over three days this week for meetings with veterans, VA employees and others during his first official trip as a Cabinet Secretary.
McDonough was invited to Montana by Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, the newly-named chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Tester and McDonough be at a VA facility in Billings on Monday, travel Tuesday to Montana State University in Bozeman and the Southwest Montana Veterans home in Butte, and end their tour Wednesday at Fort Harrison in Helena, according to VA spokesperson Terrence Hayes.