“The new Acting Secretary for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a military lifer, a fact he was keen to reinforce during his first address to VA’s sprawling workforce. Robert Wilkie joins VA from the Department of Defense–DoD–and spoke about how his service background will inform the way he’ll lead the agency.”
“At my Pentagon swearing in, I was proud when the officiating officer noted that I had been born in khaki diapers,” Wilkie said. “I have been privileged to see this military life from many angles, as a dependent, as the son of a gravely wounded combat soldier; as an officer in two services, the Navy and the Air Force; and as a senior leader in the Pentagon.”
Wilkie previously served as DoD’s Under Secretary…” Read the full article here.
Source: Acting VA Secretary Outlines the Wilkie Way – April 10, 2018, Meritalk.
