VA chief falsely
claimed special forces service
By Ben Kamisar
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald falsely claimed that he served in a military
special forces unit, he admitted to the Huffington Post.
When a homeless veteran told McDonald in a conversation
captured by CBS
that he had served in special forces, the head of the VA replied that he had,
too. The conversation aired during a CBS News story chronicling how the agency is working to
house homeless veterans.
“I have no excuse,” McDonald told The Huffington Post.
“I was not in special forces.”
He added that he “reacted spontaneously” and “wrongly [with]
no intent in any way to describe my record as any different than it is."
McDonald, who was confirmed in July of 2014, served in the 82nd Airborne
Division and completed his Army
Ranger training, earning the coveted Ranger tab. Although he completed that
training, he never actually served in a special forces unit.
Special forces units
are considered one of the most elite assignments in the military and include
the Army Rangers,
Green Berets and Navy SEALS.
"Secretary McDonald has apologized for the misstatement
and noted that he never intended to misrepresent his military service,"
the White House said in a statement provided to The Huffington Post.
"We take him at his word and expect that this will not
impact the important work he’s doing to promote the health and well-being of
our nation’s veterans."
The flap comes just weeks after NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted
that he lied about flying in a helicopter shot by enemy forces while reporting
in Iraq.
Veterans Affairs
Eric
K. Shinseki was the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack
Obama administration, a U.S. Army
general, and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Note: Togo D. West Jr.
was the secretary at the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Army
secretary, 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 International Rescue
Committee, the Robin Hood Foundation,
the Committee for Economic Development,
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Henry A. Kissinger is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), an overseer at the International
Rescue Committee, a member of the Bohemian
Club, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank),
a friend of Brent Scowcroft, was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Tom
Brokaw is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee, was a
director at the Robin Hood Foundation,
and an anchor for the NBC Nightly News.
Brian Williams is
a director at the Robin Hood Foundation,
and an anchor (suspended) form the NBC
Nightly News.
Walter
L. Cronkite was a member of the Bohemian Club, and the anchorman for the CBS
News.
Betsy
Morgan was a VP for the CBS News, and the CEO for the Huffington Post.
CBS
News is a subsidiary of CBS.
Johnathan A.
Rodgers was the president, CBS television stations for CBS, 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 Xerox Corporation, and is the secretary
at the U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs.
Mary Agnes
Wilderotter is a director at the Procter
& Gamble Company, a director at the Xerox Corporation, a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development, and a member of the Belizean Grove.
Belizean_Grove
is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean
Grove, and a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Ann E.
Dunwoody is a member of the Belizean Grove, married to Craig Brotchie, was a U.S. Army
4-star general, and the commander for the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, U.S. Army Materiel Command
commanding general
June 2, 2010
82nd Airborne Division
The 82nd Airborne Division is an active
duty airborne infantry division of the United States Army, specializing in
parachute assault operations into denied areas. Based at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina, the 82nd Airborne Division is part of the XVIII Airborne Corps.
Craig Brotchie is
married to Ann E. Dunwoody, and was
a colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
Michael P.C.
Carns was a general in the U.S. Air
Force, and a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
John
A. Gordon was a general in the U.S.
Air Force, and is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Richard L. Lawson
was a general in the U.S. Air Force,
and is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Joseph W. Ralston
was a general in the U.S. Air Force,
a military analyst for the CBS News,
and is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Brent
Scowcroft was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force, is a friend of Henry
A. Kissinger, and an interim chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
Charles F. Wald
was a general in the U.S. Air Force,
and is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
Eric
K. Shinseki was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), a U.S. Army general, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.
Togo
D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), was the U.S. Army secretary, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Robert A. McDonald
is the secretary at the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs, was the chairman & president & CEO for the Procter & Gamble Company, and a
director at the Xerox Corporation.
Chuck
Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), a sergeant in the U.S. Army, the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and is the Defense secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
U.S.
Special Operations Command is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Joint
Special Operations Command is a division of the U.S. Special Operations
Command, and the U.S. Naval
Special Warfare Development Group is their special force.
U.S.
Naval Special Warfare Development Group a special force, also known as DEVGRU, SEAL Team Six, the troops that
raided bin Laden compound in the Hunt
for Osama Bin Laden.
Hunt for
Osama Bin Laden was a Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) operational
commander of 2011 raid.
John
A. Gordon was the deputy director for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
a U.S. Air Force general, and is a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank).
James R. Schlesinger
was a director for the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S. Department of Defense secretary,
and an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
George
J. Tenet was a director for the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), and a
director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank).
William H. Webster
was a director for the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), and is
an honorary director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank).
R. James Woolsey
was a director for the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the under
secretary for the U.S. Navy, 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.
Eric
K. Shinseki was a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), a U.S. Army general, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Barack Obama administration.
Togo
D. West Jr. is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), was the U.S. Army secretary, and the secretary at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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