denis mcdonough
Alabama's GOP attorney general may be vowing to prosecute VA doctors, but the feds have the final say in providing reproductive care, said Denis McDonough.
The Department of Veterans Affairs âmust do everything in its powerâ to provide reproductive care to its 555,000 female vets, a group of Senate Democrats said.
The move is just the first step in whatâs likely to be a yearslong federal rulemaking process to expand VA health benefits to cover the surgery.
President Joe Biden's pick to run the VA previously served as Barack Obama's chief of staff during his second presidential term.
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Obama's chief of staff says there's a "fundamental injustice" to people serving life sentences for non-violent drug offenses.
This will make her popular with conservatives. (Or not.)
Obama pledged during the 2008 presidential election campaign that he would close the military prison.