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How much of the VA's budget savings will go to patient care?

Steve Walsh

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is aiming for a 15 percent cut in the agency's budget, even as it's serving a growing population of veterans.

This June 21, 2013, file photo, shows the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington

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VA deems more than 130 occupations ineligible for Trump's deferred resignation plan

Associated Press

Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the offer. Others deemed ineligible range from laundry workers and cooks to pharmacists.

The Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Chesapeake, Virginia was scheduled to open in 2024. The VA says its opening has been delayed until April 2025 because of a number of factors. The department says it hasn’t found candidates for more than two-thirds of the 527 people needed to run the clinic.

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Executive orders create more uncertainty at the VA, which already was struggling to fill jobs

Steve Walsh

Even before the Trump administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs was falling far short of its hiring goals. Issues can be traced to the effects of the 2022 PACT Act and 2018 Mission Act.