VA Deputy Says He Has Confidence in Senior Executives He Demoted

Government Executive: Just a few months after demoting them, Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson on Monday said he was confident in the leadership abilities of two senior executives that he was forced to reinstate to their previous jobs.

“The overarching theme today is for all of us to get back to the veterans’ business,” Gibson said in a conference call to discuss the reinstatement of Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves to their senior executive posts as director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Philadelphia office, and director of VBA’s St. Paul, Minn., regional office, respectively. “This has been a considerable distraction for a long period of time.”

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