Bob McDonald, former P&G chief, to be Obama’s nominee to lead Veterans Affairs [View all]
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Source: Washington Post
President Obama on Monday will nominate Bob McDonald, a West Point graduate who served as the chief executive of Procter & Gamble, to take over as head of the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, according to White House officials.
The unorthodox pick of a retired corporate executive whose former company produces iconic household products such as Tide detergent and Charmin toilet paper rather than a former military general underscores the serious management problems facing the agency charged with serving more than 8 million veterans a year. On Friday, White House deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors submitted a report to the president finding significant and chronic system failures and a corrosive culture at the Veterans Health Administration, which has come under fire for skewed record-keeping in an effort to cover up the long waits it has imposed on former soldiers seeking medical care.
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As a VA employee, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess we will see shortly.