12-01-2017 03:11 via alaskapublic.org

Trump’s VA pick came to Alaska in 2015

On Wednesday, president-elect Donald Trump announced his nominee for the next cabinet secretary to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dr. David Shulkin currently serves as the Undersecretary for Health in the VA, making him the organization’s third-in-command.
In August of 2015, when Shulkin was just a few weeks into the job, he came to Alaska as part of an official field hearing in Eagle River hosted by Rep. Sen. Dan Sullivan. At the time, Shulkin said the VA was facing issues that
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