Tester, VA Secretary host roundtable for veterans at Montana State University
Sen. Tester and VA Secretary McDonough heard concerns of veterans at MSU roundtable
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BOZEMAN â About 600 student veterans attend Montana State University and Tuesday several of them got the opportunity to discuss what some of their biggest challenges have been.
âTheyâre interested in talking about local issues as well. So yeah, I donât think it was a check-the-box type of thing. I think they took it seriously,â said Nick Dreyer, a student veteran.
The four-year army veteran was one of several students invited to a roundtable discussion with other veterans, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, and U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT), who chairs the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee.
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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.
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