“Senate lawmakers on Thursday set up a vote on James Byrne nomination as the new Veterans Affairs deputy secretary when they return to session in September, potentially filling the department’s second-highest leadership post after a wait of more than a year.”
“Byrne has served as the acting deputy secretary since last August. While numerous other pending nominations were cleared by senators in the final hours before the chamber’s scheduled extended summer legislative break, Byrne was among a small group that will have to wait until September for a final vote.”
“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: Confirmation vote for VA’s deputy secretary scheduled for September – By Leo Shane III, August 1, 2019. Military Times.
