Former Representative Doug Collins offers a reassuring vision for the department helping nine million veterans each year. But the VA’s needs and his support for privatization don’t augur well.

WASHINGTON – The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Doug Collins as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he has pledged to cut red tape and get veterans the health care they need.

Former Georgia Rep. Doug Collins (R) will lead the Department of Veterans Affairs after the Senate on Tuesday easily voted to confirm him as secretary.   The chamber voted 77-23, with roughly half ...

Washington — 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 ...

The Senate confirmed former Rep. Doug Collins to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday. Collins scored one of the widest bipartisan votes of any Trump Cabinet nominee so far ...

Doug Collins, chosen by President Trump to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, does not have a traditional résumé for V.A. secretary, but he fits the mold of a Trump loyalist. By Noah Weiland ...

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Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the ...

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 ...