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The 4 Biggest Challenges the New VA Secretary Faces

July 2, 2014

We now know who will inherit the broken Veterans Affairs Department, but fixing the agency’s bureaucratic nightmare will be no easy task.

President Obama on Monday afternoon nominated Robert McDonald, a former CEO at Procter & Gamble who retired from the company in 2013. And though veterans advocates and lawmakers alike hope that McDonald will be able to use the managerial skills he honed in the private sector to whip the department into shape, he must prioritize the VA’s many moving parts.

Here are some of the biggest challenges facing McDonald, assuming he is confirmed by the Senate.

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