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AC_Mem

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Sun Jun 29, 2014, 06:47 PM Jun 2014

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.

More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-mcdonald-former-pandg-chief-to-be-obamas-nominee-to-lead-veterans-affairs/2014/06/29/2fddd794-ffab-11e3-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html?wpisrc=al_national


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bob-mcdonald-former-pandg-chief-to-be-obamas-nominee-to-lead-veterans-affairs/2014/06/29/2fddd794-ffab-11e3-b8ff-89afd3fad6bd_story.html?wpisrc=al_national



As a VA employee, I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess we will see shortly.
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He's 82nd Airborne with experience running a vast organization. msanthrope Jun 2014 #1
Duplicate. 1000words Jun 2014 #2
Open Secrets valerief Jun 2014 #3
Great choice CincyDem Jun 2014 #4
That is reassuring AC_Mem Jun 2014 #5
Locking... DonViejo Jun 2014 #6
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