Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough
SPOKANE, Wash. The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough, is visiting the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane Wednesday evening.
The VA says McDonough will be there to get feedback from veterans and employees, and observe the impact of national-level decisions on local VA operations.
McDonough was sworn in as Secretary of Veterans Affairs on February 9, 2021.
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The head of U.S. Veterans Affairs was joined Wednesday by Montanaâs congressional delegation as he capped off a three-day visit to the state at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center in Helena, where he heard from the public about their concerns and what the VA could be doing better.
Denis McDonough, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed to the post in February, said the Montana VA âdoes a lot of things really well ⦠and one of them is this team works well together.â
He noted a program in which nurses from the Montana VA system were deployed into community hospitals, which helps ensure continuity of care for veterans and prompt payment of bills.
Why Are Flags Flying at Half-Staff in Montana?
Driving around Billings today (Tuesday 4/6), you may have noticed U.S. flags flying at half-staff, but do you know why?
While on the elevator at the DoubleTree Hotel, on my way back up 23 floors to the Townsquare Media studios, a couple people I didn t know were also riding up to another floor, so I asked if they knew why the American flag, and the Montana state flag were flying at half-staff today.
While neither of them knew the actual reason why, one of their answers was interesting. A woman who was visiting from northern Montana said she thought it may be to show support for Governor Gianforte, who she heard got COVID.