Island veterans, many of them elderly and with underlying medical conditions, are waiting for word when they might be able to roll up their sleeves and get the COVID-19 vaccine.
U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie sent out a news release stating veterans will be able to get inoculations of the COVID-19 vaccine, but it didn t mention Guam or other U.S. territories.
“We have not received any guidance from our Region IX partners or to the Community Based Outpatient Clinicv as to whether it is available to the veterans, where is it available, what is the process, the locations, said Tim Aguon, who heads the Guam Veterans Affairs Office in an acting capacity. I haven’t received any word yet, but I will be reaching out and will get the answer to the veterans community.”
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The six largest veterans groups in the U.S. joined together on Wednesday in calling for the ousting of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Robert Wilkie over a report that found he mishandled a congressional aide’s claim that she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility.
The American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans (DAV), AMVETS, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America sent a letter to the White House saying Wilkie “must be held accountable” for the actions detailed in the report.
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“This is a tremendous breach of trust among veterans and Secretary Wilkie must be held accountable,” they wrote. “His actions not only threaten to deter veterans from seeking care at VA, but also undermine the efforts of VA staff who have been working to bring an end to sexual harassment throughout the department.”
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign December 15, 2020, 3:39 pm | in
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Parsippany, NJ Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie to resign following the recent report from Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General detailing the Secretary’s attempts to smear a woman veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA facility:
“One of the very first things I did when I got to Congress was write to Secretary Wilkie, urging him to take immediate action to ensure VA medical facilities equitably serve women veterans and to address the reports of sexual harassment at the VA. After two years of work to raise the level of care women veterans receive, the Inspector General’s report and the Secretary’s behavior are extremely disturbing. The Secretary of the VA is responsible for the veterans in his care, and they should be his
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