After nearly a year, Trump moves to fill VA’s second-highest leadership post

Military Times: After nearly a 10-month wait, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a nominee to fill its second-highest leadership post.

On Friday, President Donald Trump formally named VA General Counsel James Byrne as his pick for the VA deputy secretary post, vacant since Thomas Bowman retired from the job last June. Byrne has served as the acting deputy secretary since last August.

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