“After nearly a 10-month wait, the Department of Veterans Affairs has a nominee to fill its second-highest leadership post.”
“On Friday, President Donald Trump formally named VA General Counsel James Byrne as his pick for the VA deputy secretary post, vacant since Thomas Bowman retired from the job last June. Byrne has served as the acting deputy secretary since last August…”
“Byrne is a Naval Academy graduate who deployed overseas as a Marine infantry officer and later joined the Department of Justice as an international narcotics prosecutor. He also previously worked as an investigator with the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction before leaving government to work for the Lockheed Martin Corporation for several years…” Read the full article here.
Source: After nearly a year, Trump moves to fill VA’s second-highest leadership post – By Leo Shane III, April 15, 2019. Military Times.
