“Protect the Secretary”: VA Chief Robert Wilkie Installs Political Aide at Watchdog Investigating His Inner Circle
December 16, 2020
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A number of top political appointees in the inner circle of Secretary Robert Wilkie at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are under investigation for misconduct by the agency’s Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection (OAWP) or have allegations pending against them, according to a complaint filed in early December by a career VA employee whose name is being withheld for fear of retaliation.
The whistleblower complaint offers no detail on the allegations against the top officials, although the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection’s mandate is to examine charges of misconduct, retaliation, and poor performance by senior staff throughout the sprawling VA system, including at headquarters.
The world leader Tom Donilon admires most? Yitzhak Rabin
The world leader Tom Donilon admires most? Yitzhak Rabin
The Biden insider reflected on his decades in government work during a recent Council on Foreign Relations event
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National Security Adviser Tom Donilon speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Thursday, May 17, 2012. By Share
BlackRock Investment Institute Chairman Thomas Donilon, who served as national security advisor under President Barack Obama from 2010-2013, reflected on leadership lessons from his career in politics and government during a recent virtual event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations.
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$800 million for global health programs does not permit the major surge in funding for global AIDS funding through the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Biden has the opportunity to be the president who saves countless lives by ending AIDS as a global public health threat, but time is running out. It will take a more significant commitment and bold leadership that brings sufficient funding, a qualified nominee to lead the response, and human rights and evidence-based policies developed in deep consultation with the most affected communities.
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16 Feb 2021
The former director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during Donald Trump’s presidency says President Joe Biden is not only “retreating from the rule of law” with his numerous executive orders but also “compounding the error” with some “extraordinarily divisive nominations” to his cabinet.
Roger Severino spoke to Breitbart News about Biden’s selections of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Pennsylvania transgender chief health official Dr. Rachel Levine, born Richard Levine, to serve as HHS secretary and assistant secretary, respectively.
“Starting with the president’s executive orders, he’s retreating from the rule of law and compounding the error with some extraordinarily divisive nominations to cabinet positions, starting with Xavier Becerra for HHS – which, I can’t imagine a more divisive pick for such an important agency during a pandemic,” Severino said. “His backgro