Robert Wilkie

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  22. ↑ Lejeune, Tristan (March 2, 2020). "White House adds VA secretary, CMS chief to coronavirus task force". TheHill. Retrieved April 13, 2020.
  23. 1 2 3 4 Rein, Lisa; Spencer S. Hsu (December 9, 2020). "VA watchdog told prosecutors his probe of Secretary Wilkie's effort to discredit House staffer turned up possible criminal conduct". The Washington Post .
  24. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rein, Lisa (December 10, 2021). "Watchdog finds VA Secretary Robert Wilkie questioned the credibility of a House aide who reported a sexual assault at hospital". Washington Post. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  25. 1 2 Rein, Lisa (February 8, 2020). "VA chief Wilkie sought to dig up dirt on woman who complained of sexual assault, agency insiders say". The Washington Post.
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  31. ↑ The Editorial Board, Opinion: Fire Robert Wilkie, New York Times (December 18, 2020).
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  36. ↑ Kaczynski, Andrew (December 14, 2018). "VA secretary gave inaccurate answers on pro-Confederate ties during confirmation process". CNN. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  37. 1 2 Shane, Leo (May 28, 2020). "Amid criticism, Secretary Wilkie won't commit to removing Nazi headstones from VA cemeteries". Military Times. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  38. ↑ Kaur, Harmeet (December 25, 2020). "Two gravestones with swastikas removed from veterans cemetery in Texas". CNN. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
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Robert Wilkie
Robert Wilkie official portrait.jpg
Official portrait, 2018
10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office
July 30, 2018 –January 20, 2021
Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Stanley
 Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs
September 30, 2006 – January 19, 2009		Succeeded by
Elizabeth King
Preceded by Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
November 30, 2017 – July 30, 2018		Succeeded by
Preceded by Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
March 28, 2018 – May 29, 2018		Succeeded by
Preceded by United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
July 30, 2018 – January 20, 2021		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Cabinet Member		Succeeded byas Former US Cabinet Member
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