Senate Confirms VA Secretary
Veterans Affairs Secretary Collins
Senate confirms Doug Collins to be VA secretary
Story by Mike Brest
The Senate confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs on Tuesday afternoon.
Collins, a former Georgia congressman who serves as a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, was confirmed in a bipartisan, 77-23 vote.
“If I’m confirmed by this body, the VA will be my mission,” Collins said during his confirmation hearing last month. “It will be the mission to take care of our veterans and to make sure they get the benefits that they deserve.
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Collins served a combat tour in Iraq in 2008 and has been a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, where he is still a lieutenant colonel reservist, since 2002.
Not as newsworthy to most perhaps, but the VA is weighted more heavily here. The Federal workplace tectonic changes currently occurring can’t help but touch there too; the new Secretary will not have an easy task. He seems like a solid choice and I wish him well. Thanks to Chip for the head’s up.
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