President Donald Trump took executive action on May 9 that was directed toward fulfilling a campaign promise to improve the lives of America’s veterans.
The order established the “National Center for Warrior Independence” in southern California by directing a revitalization of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center with the capacity to help veterans earn back self-sufficiency.
“The campus once featured a chapel, billiard hall, 1,000-seat theater, and housed about 6,000 veterans, but the Federal Government has since allowed this crown jewel of veteran care to deteriorate over the last few decades,” the president writes in the order.
He went on to state that the VA department leased parts of the property, sometimes at below-market prices, to private companies, a private school, and the UCLA baseball team….