Doug Collins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), faced questions from the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Jan. 21.
Collins, a former Republican congressman from Georgia, was originally slated to sit for a confirmation hearing last week, but the hearing was delayed to provide the FBI more time to complete his background check.
If confirmed as VA secretary, Collins would bring years of experience as a military veteran in the chaplain service. Collins served for a time in the U.S. Navy and then returned to service through the Air Force Reserve. Collins saw a deployment to Iraq in 2008 and continues to serve in the Air Force Reserve, where he holds the rank of colonel and serves as a chaplain….