NCAA leader nominated for VA deputy secretary post 22 hours ago In this 2015 file photo, NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy speaks during an interview in Indianapolis. Remy was nominated by the White House on Friday for the second-highest leadership post at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Michael Conroy/AP) President Joe Biden has tapped the second-ranking official at the National Collegiate Athletic Association to serve as the second-highest official at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Donald Remy, an Army veteran with long ties to both Biden and former President Barack Obama, was nominated Friday as VA’s deputy secretary. If confirmed, he will be only the second Black veteran to serve in that leadership role. VA Secretary Denis McDonough in recent weeks has promised that his leadership team will underscore the president’s “seriousness about diversity and inclusion” at the department.
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Biden infrastructure plan includes $18 billion for Veterans Affairs, far more needed -lawmaker
By Andrea Shalal
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden s infrastructure plan includes $18 billion to upgrade and replace aging Veterans Affairs hospitals, but the agency needs five times that much to bolster facilities and medical staff, a Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.
Mark Takano, chairman of the House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee, told reporters the initial funding boost was significant but said he hoped the president s next legislative push would help fill a big shortage of doctors. There s still an urgent need to support hiring for the VA, Takano told reporters on a videoconference. With over 39,000 vacancies, it s critical that we do more to expedite hiring at the VA.
United StatesBiden infrastructure plan includes $18 bln for Veterans Affairs, far more needed -lawmaker
Andrea Shalal
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The sign of the Department of Veteran Affairs is seen in front of the headquarters building in Washington, May 23, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo
President Joe Biden s infrastructure plan includes $18 billion to upgrade and replace aging Veterans Affairs hospitals, but the agency needs five times that much to bolster facilities and medical staff, a Democratic lawmaker said on Thursday.
Mark Takano, chairman of the House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee, told reporters the initial funding boost was significant but said he hoped the president s next legislative push would help fill a big shortage of doctors.
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