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In this June 30, 2014, file photo, former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald, President Barack Obama's nominee as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, listens as Obama makes a statement at the Department of Veterans Affairs. A onetime Army Ranger and former CEO of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, McDonald may face his toughest challenge yet in fixing the huge, scandal-plagued Veterans Affairs Department. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

New VA secretary nominee Robert McDonald not a health care expert

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

President Barack Obama listens to a question as he speaks to reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, after he met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Two top veterans groups blast Obama’s remarks on VA scandal

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2013, file photo, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky says a leadership change may help resolve what he calls "dysfunction" at the Department of Veterans Affairs, following allegations of corruption and avoidable deaths at the veterans' hospital in Phoenix. McConnell says the tenure of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is "embarrassing" and that the agency is in "a stunning period of dysfunction." McConnell isn't calling for Shinseki to step down, but says a change in leadership "might be a good thing."(AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Iraq, Afghan vets demand answers from VA

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

HOMEWARD BOUND: Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division show appreciation for the band Filter as they relax Thursday at Camp Virginia, Kuwait, where they await deployment home after leaving Iraq. (Associated Press)

Military veterans to Congress: We’re not your ‘political chew toy’

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Obama addresses the annual convention of the American Legion at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Veterans’ groups disappointed in Obama on veteran benefits

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times