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Who is Robert Wilkie? The Senate Confirms Longtime D.C. Insider to Top VA Post

By D.A. Banks
Posted July 23, 2018 at 10:13pm

By D.A. Banks

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President Donald Trump vowed on the 2016 campaign trail to streamline the vast Veterans Administration bureaucracy and cut wait times. Robert Wilkie, a Washington insider with decades of policy experience with the military, was confirmed Monday to lead the employees of the second-largest federal agency.

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