{"id":3943,"date":"2025-02-04T20:47:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/doug-collins-confirmed-as-veterans-affairs-secretary-in-latest-addition-to-trump-cabinet\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T20:47:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T20:47:22","slug":"doug-collins-confirmed-as-veterans-affairs-secretary-in-latest-addition-to-trump-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/doug-collins-confirmed-as-veterans-affairs-secretary-in-latest-addition-to-trump-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Collins confirmed as veterans affairs secretary in latest addition to Trump Cabinet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington <\/em>\u2014 The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, putting the former congressman and Iraq War veteran at the helm of a department that provides crucial care to America&#8217;s veterans. <\/p>\n<p>Collins, a former Air Force chaplain, was confirmed on a 77-23 vote, becoming the latest addition to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/who-might-be-in-donald-trump-cabinet\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">President Trump&#8217;s Cabinet<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We must take care of our brave men and women in uniform, and Doug will be a great advocate for our active duty servicemembers, veterans, and military families to ensure they have the support they need,&#8221; Mr. Trump said in a November statement announcing Collins&#8217; nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Veterans Affairs manages a more than $350 billion budget and oversees nearly 200 medical centers and hospitals nationwide. It also manages national cemeteries and works closely with the Defense Department on personnel matters.<\/p>\n<p>Collins has promised to cut regulations across the department and elevate the quality of care for veterans. <\/p>\n<p>The challenges facing the department have evolved in recent years, with a younger generation of veterans bringing new health challenges from their service in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m an Iraq War veteran. I understand burn pits because I slept next to one for many months,&#8221; Collins said in his opening remarks during his January confirmation hearing. Collins said that he understand the challenges facing veterans today who &#8220;went time and time again, deployment after deployment&#8221; to conflict zones.<\/p>\n<p>Collins served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021. He has been an outspoken conservative since his time in the Georgia state legislature and was a close Trump ally during the president&#8217;s first term. He ran for Senate in 2020 but lost the Republican primary to Kelly Loeffler, a major GOP donor who Trump has tapped to lead the U.S. Small Business Association.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, called Collins a &#8220;friend&#8221; who has &#8220;an engaging personality that attracts people to what he&#8217;s working on.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not that they&#8217;re better doctors or better psychiatrists or better nurses or technicians. It&#8217;s that they&#8217;re empathetic,&#8221; Cramer said. &#8220;While they appreciate access to community care, they appreciate the empathy of a fellow veteran, and Doug brings that. But, guys, he&#8217;s a chaplain. I mean, come on, how perfect is that?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Collins&#8217; nomination sailed through the Senate Veterans&#8217; Affairs Committee in a 18-1 vote. The lone dissenter, Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said she was concerned that Collins would limit access to reproductive care like IVF or abortion for veterans.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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