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NCAA leader nominated for VA deputy secretary post 22 hours ago In this 2015 file photo, NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy speaks during an interview in Indianapolis. Remy was nominated by the White House on Friday for the second-highest leadership post at the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Michael Conroy/AP) President Joe Biden has tapped the second-ranking official at the National Collegiate Athletic Association to serve as the second-highest official at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Donald Remy, an Army veteran with long ties to both Biden and former President Barack Obama, was nominated Friday as VA’s deputy secretary. If confirmed, he will be only the second Black veteran to serve in that leadership role. VA Secretary Denis McDonough in recent weeks has promised that his leadership team will underscore the president’s “seriousness about diversity and inclusion” at the department. ....
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Addressing gun suicide should be a top priority for the new VA secretary Chris Marvin (Ohio National Guard) As Denis McDonough takes over as President Biden’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, he will have his work cut out for him preventing this deadly crisis. Luckily, he can begin by doing one thing that Secretary Robert Wilkie –– President Trump’s appointee –– essentially refused to do during his tenure: discuss the role that guns play in veteran suicides. Wilkie purported to hold veteran suicide as a top priority, saying, “If we do not focus on [suicide prevention]…we will be doing a disservice to those veterans we care for.” But he and his VA focused solely on the (undeniably critical) mental health component of suicide, while largely refusing to discuss the weapons that make suicide attempts so deadly. In fact, he repeatedly refused to address any solution that involved guns, despite the fact that guns are the most fatal method of suici ....
Does New VA Secretary Have What It Takes? On Tuesday, the newest VA Secretary was confirmed to lead the country’s second largest federal agency under President Joe Biden. A nonveteran, Secretary Denis McDonough will now lead the agency responsible for providing benefits and services to over 20 million veterans while managing over 300,000 employees and the nation’s largest socialized healthcare system. The annual budget is well over $200 billion, but the agency has yet to fully resolve many challenges of past administrations. Many veterans complain about challenges getting access to both benefits and timely healthcare despite expansion of community care. Agency employees are still fearful to dissent against leadership that encourages groupthink. The electronic health record is still not transitioned from VistA to MHS Genesis. And there are many other issues that remain unresolved from previous administrations. ....