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Say What? Senator Admits To VA Nominee Stall

This week, that senator has a name. As reported by Stars & Stripes, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn, is the lawmaker responsible for the stall. Blackburn argued Tuesday that she will delay confirmation until the agency indefinitely. That is, until VA provides its official position on the cost and implementation of the Comprehensive and Overdue Support for Troops of War Act of 2021. The confirmations impacted by the hold or stall include: Donald Remy: nominated to be the Deputy Secretary (top middle) Matthew Quinn: nominated to be under secretary for memorial affairs (bottom right) Maryanne Donaghy: nominated to lead VA’s whistleblower protection office (bottom middle)

Stars and Stripes - Senator holds up confirmation process for key VA positions

Senator holds up confirmation process for key VA positions  by   WASHINGTON — Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., insisted on the Senate floor Tuesday that she would delay the confirmation process for key Department of Veterans Affairs positions until the VA secretary responds to her requests for information about a piece of legislation.   Blackburn, a member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, voted last month to advance four VA nominees to the Senate floor. However, she placed a hold on the confirmation process, keeping the nominees from being confirmed and sworn into their jobs.   Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., the chairman of the committee, went to the Senate floor Tuesday and asked senators to confirm the nominees by unanimous consent. Blackburn objected. She said she would continue to object until VA Secretary Denis McDonough responded to her request for feedback about the Cost of War Act, which would extend disability benefits to veterans of all eras

St John s Prep holds 111th Commencement exercises

St. John’s Prep holds 111th Commencement exercises COURTESY OF ST. JOHN S PREP The St. John’s Prep Class of 2021 recently celebrated the school’s 111th Commencement exercises. Headmaster and Danvers resident Edward P. Hardiman conferred diplomas upon 258 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus. Abiding by mask and social-distancing requirements, parents, relatives, faculty, friends, staff and alumni populated spaced, pod seating on Cronin Memorial Stadium’s Glatz Field turf for the ticketed event.  In his remarks to graduates, Hardiman acknowledged the impossibility of encapsulating their recent lived-experience.  “There are no appropriate words that could aptly capture what each person in this stadium has experienced since 2:45 p.m. on March 12 of 2020 (due to the commonwealth’s state of emergency declaration),” said Hardiman, also noting that the class included the first

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