David Shulkin
David Shulkin is Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Timeline
| 2017.01.11 | Trump nominates David Shulkin, a physician serving in the Obama administration as VA undersecretary, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. washingtonpost.com (See also Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| 2018.02.14 | Veterans Affairs Secretary David J. Shulkin’s chief of staff doctored an email and made false statements to create a pretext for taxpayers to cover expenses for the secretary’s wife on a 10-day trip to Europe last summer, the agency’s inspector general has found. washingtonpost.com (See also False Statements, Trump Cabinet, Department of Veterans Affairs) Shulkin is one of five current and former Trump administration Cabinet members under investigation by agency inspectors general over their travel expenses. |
| 2018.03.28 | After weeks of uncertainty atop the Department of Veterans Affairs, Donald Trump said he plans to replace its secretary, David J. Shulkin, with Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician and a rear admiral in the Navy. nytimes.com (See also Resignations and Dismissals, Department of Veterans Affairs) |
| 2018.04.30 | The intercession of a well-connected Florida doctor, as a member of Mar-a-Lago has infuriated those overseeing the $16B contract Department of Veterans Affairs project. politico.com (See also Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, Department of Veterans Affairs) |