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Senate confirms Wilkie to lead VA

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The U.S. Senate voted 86-9 yesterday to confirm Robert Wilkie as secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Wilkie is President Donald Trump's second VA secretary.

He'll lead the second-largest U.S. government department, which has more than 350,000 employees and a nearly $200 billion budget.

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