Obama Picks Ex-P&G Head to Lead Veterans Affairs

Obama Picks Ex-P&G Head to Lead Veterans Affairs

Sunday, 29 Jun 2014 04:30 PM

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-choice-mcdonald-p-g/2014/06/29/id/579888

President Barack Obama has picked former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald as his choice to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.

McDonald, 61, is a native of Gary, Ind., who grew up in Chicago. He was at the helm of Proctor and Gamble from July 2009 to July 2013.

If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald would replace Acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson, who replaced Eric Shinseki as head of the agency.

Shinseki resigned May 30 after apologizing for the agency's problems.

Veterans Affairs

Sloan D. Gibson is the deputy secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the president & CEO for the United Service Organizations.

Note: Eric K. Shinseki was the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the Barack Obama administration, and a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Togo D. West Jr. was the secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.

Paul G. Kaminski was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

James S. Crown is a director at the General Dynamics Corporation, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a director at the General Dynamics Corporation.

Roger W. Baker was a VP for the General Dynamics Corporation, and is the assistant secretary for information & technology at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

Robert A. McDonald is the secretary nominee at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration, and was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Procter & Gamble

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procter_%26_Gamble#Controversies

Price fixing

Toxic shock syndrome and tampons

Animal testing

Other products

Logo controversy

 

Angela F. Braly is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Deborah Platt Majoras is the chief legal officer for the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Joseph T. Gorman was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

Mary Agnes Wilderotter is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and her sister is Denise M. Morrison.

Donna S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the CGI Group Inc., and a VP at the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, the chairman for the President's Export Council, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Patricia A. Woertz is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a member of the President's Export Council.

Denise M. Morrison is a member of the President's Export Council, Mary Agnes Wilderotter’s sister, and the president & CEO for the. Campbell Soup Company.

Sara Mathew is a director at the Campbell Soup Company, and was a VP for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Johnathan A. Rodgers was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and the president, CBS television stations for CBS.

Van Gordon Sauter was the president of CBS, and married to Kathleen Brown.

Kathleen Brown is married to Van Gordon Sauter, the California state government governor Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow was a director for CBS, is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP, and her brother is Craig M. Robinson’s.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP, his maternal grandmother was Madelyn Payne Dunham, and his signature policy initiative is Obamacare.

Madelyn Payne Dunham was Barack Obama’s maternal grandmother, and an aircraft inspector for the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Richard M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.

Lynn M. Martin is an international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company, and was a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Margaret C. Whitman is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and was a director at DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.

Mellody L. Hobson is the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Penny S. Pritzker is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama inaugural committee, the host for the Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team, and a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

W. James McNerney Jr. was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Linda Johnson Rice is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a director at the United Negro College Fund.

Barack Obama contributed $125,000 of Nobel Prize money to the United Negro College Fund.

Alan G. Lafley was a director at the United Negro College Fund, a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and is the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company.

Kenneth I. Chenault was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and is a director at the Procter & Gamble Company.

Robert A. McDonald was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company, a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, and is the secretary nominee at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley was a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, a director at the Boeing Company, a trustee at Northwestern University, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a director at the U.S.-China Business Council, the chairman & CEO for the Boeing Company, a trustee at Northwestern University, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a director at the Procter & Gamble Company, and the chairman for the President's Export Council.

Marillyn A. Hewson is a member of the President's Export Council, and a governor for the United Service Organizations.

Sloan D. Gibson is the president & CEO for the United Service Organizations, and the deputy secretary nominee for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).