Wilkie faces hearing in bid to be VA secretary
Fayetteville native Robert Wilkie appears to be a shoo-in to become the next secretary of Veterans Affairs.Wilkie, 55, who was nominated by President Trump last month, was quizzed by the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs for nearly two hours on Wednesday.He answered questions about the possible privatization of veterans care, morale in the nation’s second-largest government agency and numerous other issues plaguing the VA, which is charged with caring for nine million […]
