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The dedicated men and women of the veterans affairs to accomplish this mission. i d like to thank my family for supporting me throughout my life. but especially during this next chapter, my wife deanne, my daughter jenny and son-in-law scott and my son rob are all here today. my parents and deanne s mother could not attend here today. but thank you for your love and support. thank you again, mr. president. i look forward to working with you to transform veterans affairs to better serve our country s veterans. thank you. [ applause ] that was president obama nominating robert mcdonald to head the department of veterans affairs. mcdonald has a military history, former army captain graduated from west point. but does he not have any medical background. the president s nomination comes on the heels of a devastating report by his deputy chief of ....
Caregivers for the veterans of america? alex, it s the largest health care system in america, the va. but he has been a we used to put four star generals in now we have a five star ceo. i know bob mcdonald. he s a pillar at west point. and i know his wife deanne as well. they are committed to veterans. yeah, he was on the short list as far as the list that people were speculating on. but he has been in and out of the veterans community. as was mentioned, this guy was an airborne para trooper in an elite unit like the 82nd airborne. he gets it. i look forward to seeing what his vision is. i know they need someone in there that s going to really kick butt as the president said justice needs to be served because people that lied throughout this process and put shinseki on a limb like they did, need to be held accountability. sam, the president mentioned giving the medal of honor to ....
From west point, choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong. served our country in uniform and now prepared to answer the call once more. so let me state the obvious, this is not going to be an easy assignment. bob knows that but like any army airborne ranger, bob has a reputation for being ready, jumping in tough situations and taking charge and going all the way. bob, on behalf of all of us to you, to deanne, and your family, thank you for your readiness to serve again. my bottom line is this, we ve got to change the way va does business over the past five years, this agency has done some excellent work in dealing with a whole range of real difficult challenges and i don t want people to forget that. we have had a huge influx of returning iraq and afghanistan veterans. ....
In nonfree societies. i became an airborne ranger infantry officer in the 82nd airborne division because i wanted to be on the front line in leading that change. i joined the procter & gamble company 34 years ago because of its purpose, which is to improve the lives of the world s consumers. mr. president, thank you for mentioning my father, deanne s father and uncle. yes, for our family taking care of our veterans is very personal. we need to put care for the veteran at the center of everything that we do at veterans affairs. at procter & gamble we always focus on our customer. at the va, the veteran is our customer and we must focus all day, every day on getting them the benefits and care that they so earned. that s the only reason we re here. i look forward to working with ....
And if you need anymore evidence that he is wise, you need to meet dean and his family dean and his family who are here today because they are a wonderful family and obviously they ve served long with him in the past. for bob and his family this mission is personal himself father served in the army air corps after world war 2 s. dean s father was a p.o.w., her uncle was exposed exposed expost orange and receives services from the va. bob is a veteran himself. graduated from west point, where he and sloan were classmates. this is a bit of other reunion. bob served as an army ranger in the 82nd airborne division. back home in cincinnati he and deanne teamed up with the uso to honor veterans. but what especially makes bob ....