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VA Secretary Doug Collins discusses looming department staff cuts

The VA secretary confirmed plans to trim his department’s workforce by roughly 80,000 jobs in coming months, saying the moves are needed to reform the agency.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) · 1d

VA Secretary Doug Collins on widespread cuts to his department and the impact on veterans

The Trump administration announced it's planning to fire thousands more employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the White House effort to dramatically downsize the federal workforce.

Yahoo · 6d

VA Secretary Doug Collins says veterans shouldn't fear service cuts on visit to Kentucky

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins stressed there's no need to be worried about critical services for veterans being cut, after touring VA medical facilities in Kentucky on Friday.

Trump to cut 80,000 employees from VA

USA TODAY on MSN · 4h

VA to lay off more than 76,000 employees, leaked memo says, amid 2nd wave of Trump firings

The leaked Department of Veterans Affairs memo comes as President Donald Trump ordered a second, larger wave of federal layoffs.

LA Times on MSN · 1d

Trump to cut 80,000 employees from VA, according to internal memo

The memo instructs Veterans Affairs' top-level staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization. Over 25% of the VA's workforce consists of veterans.

Yahoo · 19h

Trump admin. plans to fire over 70K employees at VA Department: Memo

The Department of Veterans Affairs chief of staff issued an internal memo saying he was working with Elon Musk's "DOGE" to "aggressively" restructure the VA, targeting staffing under 400,000 employees.

VA, Trump and Veterans Rage

The Hill on MSN · 20h

Trump administration plans to cut 72,000 jobs from VA

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut approximately 72,000 jobs, roughly 15 percent of its current workforce, VA Secretary Doug Collins confirmed Wednesday. Collins said in a video statement that,

The Daily Beast · 10h

Betrayed Veterans Rage Over Trump’s Sweeping VA Cuts

The goal is to return to 2019 staffing levels, even though the bipartisan 2022 PACT Act expanded VA healthcare and disability benefits to cover millions more veterans who had been exposed to burn pits and other toxic substances.

KLAS Las Vegas on MSN · 2h

More cuts planned at Veterans Affairs

The days of kicking the can down the road and measuring VA’s progress by how much money it spends and how many people it employs rather than how many veterans it helps are ov

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Former Trump VA secretary: ‘I don’t know any system that slashes its way to excellence’

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin said Thursday he did not “know any system that slashes its way to ...

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Democrats Accuse VA Secretary of 'Cover-Up' in Firings at Veterans Crisis Line

A group of Senate Democrats is demanding answers on the Department of Veterans Affairs' recent firings of 2,400 probationary ...

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VA considers large cuts as local employees brace for impacts

VA Sec. Doug Collins announced the department is looking at reducing its workforce by about 15 percent, which translates to ...

Military Times on MSN7h

VA secretary insists massive staff cuts needed to refocus department

Secretary Doug Collins confirmed leaders are looking at trimming 80,000 workers to slim down the growing VA bureaucracy.

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Trump’s VA secretary defends 80,000 layoffs in a wildly unpersuasive way

Defending deep cuts at his agency, VA Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point.

VA, a big Augusta employer, due to lose 72,000 jobs in DOGE cuts

The Trump administration is planning to cut about 72,000 employees from the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has an ...

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VA to speed up health records system rollout, with new sites this year

A previous plan to deploy the controversial health records system to more VA hospitals in mid-2026 was short-sighted and slow ...

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Secretary Collins: We owe America’s veterans real solutions

For many years, veterans have been asking for a more efficient, accountable and transparent VA. This administration is ...

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