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If approved by Congress, Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald, President Obama's nominee as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, will inherit a full plate. (Associated Press)

VA secretary nominee faces Senate grilling, full plate if approved

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2014, file photo, former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald, President Barack Obama's nominee as the next Veterans Affairs secretary, listens as Obama makes a statement at the Department of Veterans Affairs. A onetime Army Ranger and former CEO of a Fortune 500 consumer products company, McDonald may face his toughest challenge yet in fixing the huge, scandal-plagued Veterans Affairs Department. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

VA secretary nominee to meet with top veterans lawmaker

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014, to announce he will nominates former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald, right, as the next Veterans Affairs secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would succeed Eric Shinseki, the retired four-star general who resigned last month as the scope of the issues at veterans' hospitals became apparent. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

VA secretary nominee an ‘expert at making organizations better,’ Obama says

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 22, 2011 file photo shows Robert McDonald, CEO and president of Procter &amp; Gamble, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. President Barack Obama is selecting the former Procter and Gamble executive as his choice to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, an administration official said Sunday, June 29, 2014. McDonald, 61, is a native of Gary, Ind., who grew up in Chicago. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

VA nominee has ‘management chops’ to reform department: White House

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times