Wilkie fills VA, DOD roles in visit to Fayetteville and Bragg
A little more than 100 miles of highway separate Fort Bragg from Camp Lejeune.Robert Wilkie, a top Department of Defense official and acting VA secretary, said the stretch of N.C. 24 is the most important road in America.“At the eastern end is 40 percent of the Marine Corps,” Wilkie said. “At the western end is the ‘Hub of the Universe.’”And in-between is much of the fastest growing veteran population in the country. […]