“Stepping up pressure, the nation’s six largest veterans groups on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to immediately fire Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie over the mishandling of a congressional aide’s allegation of a sexual assault at a VA hospital.”
“In a letter to the White House, the groups said they had lost all confidence in Wilkie’s ability to lead the government’s second-largest department following a blistering audit last week that found he had acted unprofessionally if not unethically in disparaging the aide. The groups pressed Trump to act in the last weeks of his administration since Wilkie had refused to accept responsibility and was refusing to resign.”
“’Sexual assault and harassment have no place in the VA or our society,’ according to the letter from the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, Paralyzed Veterans of America and Vietnam Veterans of America.”
“’This is a tremendous breach of trust among veterans,’ they wrote.”
“The groups are adding pressure on Trump after lawmakers from both parties expressed concern about VA’s leadership and…’” Read the full article here.
Source: Biggest vets groups step up pressure on Trump to fire Wilkie – By Hope Yen, December 16, 2020. Federal News Network.
