President-elect Donald Trump to nominate David Shulkin to head Veterans Affairs

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published 11 January 2017

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate David Shulkin as secretary of veterans affairs, he announced Wednesday at his first press conference in six months. Shulkin is currently serving as the undersecretary of health for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a position to which he was nominated by President Obama in 2015.

Trump said that his team interviewed more than 100 people for the position. He has just one Cabinet position left to name, the head of the Department of Agriculture.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.

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