Report: President Trump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin
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March 26, 2018This might be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t really have a huge problem with the Trump administration’s revolving door. If someone isn’t carrying out their duties as expected and it just isn’t working, find someone better. That’s what CEOs do, right? Appoint the right people at the right time.
Rumor has it VA Secretary David Shulkin will be the next administration official getting the boot.
President Donald Trump is planning to oust embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin amid an extraordinary rebellion at the agency and damaging government investigations into his alleged spending abuses, three administration officials told The Associated Press on Sunday.
It’s likely we’ll see this announcement this week.
Two officials said an announcement on Shulkin could happen this week, subject to Trump’s final decision as the White House hones in on possible replacements to head the Department of Veterans Affairs. One of the officials rated Shulkin’s chances of being pushed out in the next day or two at “50-50.” The three officials demanded anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel matter.
Among the names floated to replace him? None other than “Fox & Friends’” Pete Hegseth. However, there are at least “half a dozen” candidates on the list.
Among the candidates being vetted include Hegseth, a former military officer and former CEO of the conservative Concerned Veterans for America; former Rep. Jeff Miller, who had been chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee; retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg; Michael Kussman, a former VA undersecretary of health; Toby Cosgrove, a former president and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic; and Leo Mackay Jr., a former VA deputy secretary who is now senior vice president at Lockheed Martin Corp.
So that’s one “major change” to look out for this week. There might be another as well.
“He did say that he’s expecting to make one or two major changes,” said Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, a Trump confidant who spoke with the president over the weekend, on ABC’s “This Week.”
“Now, other White House sources, not the president, tell me that Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is likely to depart the Cabinet very soon,” Ruddy said.
The White House did not immediately comment. Shulkin did not respond to a request for comment Sunday.
