Trump Considers FL GOP Rep. Brian Mast For Veterans Affairs Secretary
Source: Talking Points Memo/AP
By Zeke Miller and HOPE YEN | May 10, 2018 1:36 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump is considering an Army veteran who is a Republican member of Congress for the position of Veterans Affairs secretary, part of a lengthening search for a nominee following the abrupt firing of David Shulkin in March.
A White House official on Thursday said Rep. Brian Mast of Florida, who was elected to the House in 2016, was among the list of candidates for the job heading an agency of 360,000 employees serving 9 million veterans.
The White House official would not say if Mast is the leading candidate for the VA position. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
Mast is the first member of Congress to open a lawmaker satellite office in a VA facility, setting up shop in the West Palm Beach VA to meet with veterans. He was wounded when serving in Afghanistan in 2010, which resulted in the amputation of both of his legs.
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bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Link to tweet
He won his district by about 10 points. That's absolutely flippable, especially without an incumbent.
atreides1
(16,093 posts)This man has even less experience then Admiral Jackson...being a wounded vet still doesn't give him the ability to manage 300,000+ personnel and the billions of dollars it takes to run the Veteran's Administration!!!
procon
(15,805 posts)He has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts and he was a Staff Sergeant in the Army, but I'm not seeing his qualifications to manage a huge, complex agency like the VA. Trump's criteria is probably different and maybe this guy is exceptionally good at clapping and praising.
olegramps
(8,200 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)Those seem to be the requirements.