Tally of homeless veterans fell 11%, biggest drop in 5 years
November 3, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans in the United States experiencing homelessness dropped by 11% since 2020, the biggest decline in more than five years, the Biden administration reported Thursday.
Sioux Falls VA Healthcare leader reassigned amid complaints
April 21, 2022 GMTSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The director of the Sioux Falls VA Healthcare System has been reassigned following a multitude of complaints about mismanagement.
The VA’s Midwest region director Robert McDivitt said Lisa Simoneau will stay with the Veterans Affairs Department and serve at regional headquarters in the Twin Cities.
Jill Biden honors kids of injured troops as ‘hidden heroes’
November 10, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — In her first solo White House event as first lady, Jill Biden went right into teacher mode Wednesday as she honored “hidden heroes” — the children and caregivers of injured U.S. troops.
Sununu: Veterans Affairs denying it requested 500M gloves
October 8, 2021 GMTCONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gov. Chris Sununu asked the Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday to “follow through on their promise" to purchase millions of heavy duty rubber gloves procured by a New Hampshire company in response to a pandemic-related request for personal protective equipment.
VA moves to offer gender confirmation surgery to vets
June 20, 2021 GMTWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to offer transgender veterans gender confirmation surgery, Secretary Denis McDonough announced at a Pride Month event in Orlando Saturday.
VA Secretary McDonough tours Montana with Sen. Tester
April 6, 2021 GMTBILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Veteran Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough heard frustrations over high turnover rates among health care providers at the agency as he began a three-day tour of Montana on Monday — his first official trip since being confirmed in February...
Biden: Cabinet picks from Obama era mean ‘bold new thinking’
December 11, 2020 GMTWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Friday introduced a series of key picks for his new government that drew heavily from the Obama administration, saluting their “deep experience” while insisting he could rely on them for “bold new thinking...
Election 2020 Today: Biden’s Obama redux; GOP bands together
December 11, 2020 GMTHere’s what’s happening Friday in Election 2020 and WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is getting the old gang back together. Increasingly deep into the process of selecting Cabinet members and other senior staff, the incoming Biden administration has a distinctly Obama feel...Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former WH leaders
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Biden taps Rice as domestic policy adviser, McDonough for VA
December 10, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, giving her broad sway over his administration’s approach to immigration, health care and racial inequality and elevating the prominence of the position in the West Wing...
Denis McDonough says Mitch McConnell ‘watered down’ Russia election meddling response
March 4, 2018 GMTDenis McDonough, President Obama's former chief of staff, on Sunday blamed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for a "watered down" congressional response to reports of foreign election interference in September 2016.
The Latest: Susan Rice to talk to Senate intel panel
July 17, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on investigations into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia (all times local):
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Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice will speak to staff on the Senate Intelligence Committee this week.
White House chief of staff shoulders blame for Paris snub
January 20, 2015 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The White House chief of staff is taking the blame for not having a top-level official at an anti-terror solidarity rally earlier this month in Paris.
Appearing on a nationally broadcast interview Tuesday, Denis McDonough noted that the White House has said that it regrets the misstep.