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In this Feb. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

Tammy Duckworth, Patrick Murphy on VA secretary short list as Biden seeks post-9/11 military veteran

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Man who pretended to be blind sentenced for defrauding VA

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Saturday, June 9, 2018, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump ignores strong points in US trade

By CALVIN WOODWARD and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this June 6, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up the &quot;VA Mission Act of 2018&quot; that he signed during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s bottom-line stats on trade are wrong

By CALVIN WOODWARD and PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the &quot;VA Mission Act&quot; in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Washington. The bill will expand private care for veterans as an alternative to the troubled Veterans Affairs health system. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s overhaul of vets care is no quick fix

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin arrives to testify on veterans programs before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

David Shulkin says his stance against privatizing the VA led to his firing

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump is flanked by veterans at an event to sign a proclamation honoring veterans at the Hyatt Regency Danang Resort in Danang, Vietnam, on Nov. 10, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s claimed VA success somewhat illusory

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017, file photo, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin speaks during a visit to the Veterans Administration Medical Center in, Manchester, N.H. Shulkin is touting an overhaul plan to give veterans even wider access to outside doctors than under its troubled Veterans Choice health care program. He is stressing stronger ties with the private sector, even while acknowledging key questions of cost and sharing of medical records were still unresolved. Shulkin on Oct. 24, acknowledged the program would run out of money sooner than expected and urged Congress to provide new stopgap funding by year's end. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

VA touts private health care for vets but cost issues linger

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Veterans balk at Hill proposal to offer ‘choice’ health care

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times