Obama picks a new head for the VA
 

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-nominate...200500118.html

President Barack Obama has chosen former Procter & Gamble Chief Executive Bob McDonald, an Army veteran, as his nominee to be the next secretary of veterans affairs, a senior Obama administration official said on Sunday.

Obama's announcement of McDonald, 61, will be made this week, possibly on Monday. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would be tasked with repairing the Veterans Administration after widespread evidence of delays in military veterans getting healthcare at VA facilities.


I think this is a very good choice, he has the experience of running Proctor and Gamble, he went to West Point for the Army and graduated top 2%. He came from a military family.

Even Boehner likes this pick.

Hopefully congress can get this thru and the mess over there can finally get straightened out!!

wish he picked a vet with injuries not some commercial vet. more BS

I was thinking about this last night.... Why hasn't Obama been making this a much bigger priority?

I would rather have a vet in there with the background this guy has, the VA hospital system is huge and with his military and commercial background, I think this is probably the best choice there is.

First he had to deny he knew anything, then he had to put something else in the news to redirect it, then he could deal with it, that's what he does.

But at least he had a good choice this time

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i think its more off base. when i was a kid people were more personal about people. he' s vet is not enough :2 cents: did he get hurt nope.

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The VA hospital is not just about injured Veterans. Any Veteran can use the system, a lot of the people going there are just getting general care.

After the last guy, I want someone that can do the job

most are injured i want someone in there that walks not just talks. :2 cents: we have way too much bull now. but i support what you say you are a vet just my opinion. i thank you for protecting my family. (im drinking homemade hard cider)

So you want affirmative action? You want a guy that looks the part, rather than the guy that has the skills to get the job done?

Hope he is better, his corporate background worries me most, corporations tend to be more about money and less about people.

you have comprehension issues :2 cents: hands on is what i want. you are one of gfys problems thank yourself for the slowness of biz here

I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about that part of his resume. If nothing else it shows that he knows how to run a major entity and stay on budget. I'm hoping the combination of his military service/connections and his business knowledge will him come up with common sense ways to fix the problems.

Veterans, especially those that served in combat and/or were wounded during their service deserve the best care we can give them. Hopefully this guy can help restore some of that.

would you rather a temp say 3 months to get a real guy or this bullshit? :2 cents::2 cents:

I'm not sure I get our point.

dont think he is the right fit :2 cents: janet napolitano screwed over Arizona chosen by obama to protect the border :2 cents::2 cents:

Looks like a good choice, but even if this guy 10 times above anyone else's level, the problem at the VA will take years to straighten out. The computer system is 1985 era, and that's just for starters.

Napolitano was a lawyer and a basically a career politician.

I don't see a lot of similarities between her and McDonald.

I don't think he really had a point. He's just Obama hating mad.

well we dont agree

nobody was talking to your racist piece of shit ass :2 cents::2 cents::2 cents: :helpme:helpme:helpme

So the guy whom posts useless news topics all day and has a avatar of monkey dressed as a DJ, is telling others that they are responsible for the lack of biz here and that they are racist.

Bazaro world..

Why would it mattered if he had been wounded? I own a car but that doesn't make me a much better choice to run General Motors.

Don't feel singled out. He is calling me a racist because I said it was terrible that a woman got her ass kicked and none of the bystanders stopped the assailant.

That's all nice but is congress going to give him the budget,he really needs to do the job?

Gee, I don't know... maybe because he doesn't want to have to personally call attention to the inherent flaws in a government-run healthcare system?





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The position this guy is going to fill has always been filled with retired generals, Doctors or politicians. Never a business man.

I'm all for letting a business man run it.

If he can make it run efficiently, the cost shouldn't go up very much. Unless they want a billion dollar IT budget like the IRS that can't keep past emails or spend 1.6 million on hotel accommodations like the EPA for one convention.

For the same reasons no other president since the 80's have. Once a vet is no longer on the battlefield they are no longer a profit for the government, just an unneeded expense according to most in Washington.

1988 Reagan signed the Department of veterans Affairs act, which made the VA hospital more important in the scheme of political things

In 1993, Clinton tried to reform the VA healthcare system, what happened was more veterans were able to use the VA for primary care.

There has been a lot of improvement, like all their records are digital, and easy to access. I can access my records online, I could get refills on prescriptions and have them delivered via mail. Talk to my doctor via secure email.