Posted on 02/13/2017 5:40:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Latest on President Donald Trump's Cabinet confirmations (all times EST):
7:53 p.m.
The Senate has confirmed physician David Shulkin to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Trump administration.
The vote Monday was 100-0.
Shulkin is a former Obama administration official who had served as the VA's top health official since 2015.
He is the first non-veteran to lead the government's second-largest department....
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100-0 Sweet
Well past time for The Senate and Bitch to get on with Gorsuch.
Obama official ?
hes a “non-veteran”
but from past history being a veteran in charge of the VA is no guarantee our veterans will be treated in the way they deserve...
And an unanimous vote ?
If it wasn't for Trump evidencing he is keeping his promises, I'd be suspicious.
Instead ... just nervous.
He’s a doctor who has run large hospital organizations in the past.
WTF?
Is this a self inflicted wound?
The only reason he got 48 RAT votes,
As someone who has used the V.A. since 1983, I can assure you that the problems didn’t begin in 2015.
He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City.[4] He also served as president of Morristown Medical Center and as vice president of Atlantic Health System Accountable Care Organization.
He has been Chief Medical Officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University Hospital, and the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.
His other academic positions have included Chairman of Medicine and Vice Dean at Drexel University College of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Shulkin has been the editor of Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management and Hospital Physician, and has been on the editorial boards of several journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association. He founded and served as the Chairman and CEO of DoctorQuality, Inc., a consumer-oriented information service.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shulkin
Sessions was replaced already?
Pray this was a wise choice ....
We shall see...
Unlike Obama, Trump will expect results.
I think Trump could not find some one he wanted or that would accept, and just punted on this appointment.
Some one that has been in the VA administration for years, specially under Obama will not make the drastic changes necessary to heal that organization.
It’s sad. Look for his firing in a year or so due to lack of results.
Mr. Sessions is the Attorney General over the Justice Department, not the V.A. Secretary.
I actually think you’re going to be surprised. He has a good background, as I noted above.
Amen
100 voted.
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