Trump Pressured By Key Veteran Groups to Fire VA Secretary Robert Wilkie
On 12/16/20 at 6:21 PM EST
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie is pictured during an event at the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 2020.
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Six major veterans groups are calling on President Donald Trump to fire Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie during his final weeks in office.
On Wednesday, leaders from the American Legion, AMVETS, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America signed a letter urging Trump to remove Wilkie following a VA Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report about his handling of a sexual assault allegation brought forth by a disabled veteran.
Biggest vets groups step up pressure on Trump to fire Wilkie
by Hope Yen, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 16, 2020 2:25 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 16, 2020 at 2:28 pm EDT
President Donald Trump, accompanied by Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie, left, and Karen Pence, the wife of Vice President Mike Pence, right, greets Terry Sharpe, center, known as the Walking Marine at the White House in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020. Sharpe has walked from Summerfield, N.C., to Washington to raise awareness of the current veteran suicide rate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON Stepping up pressure, the nation’s six largest veterans groups on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie over the mishandling of a congressional aide’s allegation of a sexual assault at a VA hospital.
Hundreds of veterans rebuke Rep. Dan Crenshaw over claims he smeared sex assault victim
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Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, questions witnesses during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the homeland , Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 on Capitol Hill Washington. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)Chip Somodevilla, POOL / Associated Press
WASHINGTON Hundreds of veterans have signed a letter calling on U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw to resign after a government watchdog report linked the Houston Republican to attempts by Veterans Affairs officials to discredit
a woman who reported sexual assault at a VA hospital.
The veterans are also slamming Crenshaw for not “mustering the courage” to cooperate with the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The investigators were troubled by the way VA Secretary Robert Wilkie handled the outcry of the woman, a Navy veteran who is now a Democratic congressional aide.
Veterans Call on Dan Crenshaw to Resign for Alleged Role in Disparaging Female Vet
On 12/16/20 at 3:00 PM EST
At least two veterans groups, along with more than a thousand individual former service members and Department of Defense civilians, have called for the resignation of Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) over his alleged role in helping a top Trump administration official collect discrediting information about a female veteran who said she was sexually assaulted.
Common Defense, a progressive veterans group, joined the likes of the left-leaning organization Vote Vets on Wednesday in calling for the first-term lawmaker to step aside after an independent government watchdog report said he tried to disparage the victim, Andrea Goldstein, by feeding information to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie that could disparage her reputation.
6 Major Veterans Orgs to White House: Fire VA Secretary Wilkie Now
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie speaks at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Fox Park Pavilion in Wildwood, N.J., on June 19, 2020. (Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
16 Dec 2020
The nation s top veterans organizations sent a letter Wednesday to the White House, calling on President Donald Trump to fire Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie.
Responding to a VA Office of Inspector General report issued last week that found Wilkie had questioned the integrity of a Navy Reserve lieutenant commander who works for the House Veterans Affairs Committee, six veterans service organizations wrote Trump calling for the secretary s removal.