Biden shepherded through the PACT Act , which has been described as the biggest expansion of veterans benefits in a generation.
"Someone who may have had a rare cancer that was benefited by the PACT Act, that's the most important thing to them.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech about the PACT Act at the Westwood Park YMCA in Nashua, New Hampshire.
After Jackson's bid ended, Robert Wilkie, who had been working at the Pentagon, was nominated and confirmed as VA secretary.
Denis McDonough, who was Obama's chief of staff, has served as VA secretary since the beginning of the Biden administration.
Persons:
—, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Trump, Patrick Murray, Military.com, John Tully, Joe Parsetich, Barack Obama, Cheriss, VFW's Murray, Donald J, Veterans Affairs David Shulkin, Michael Reynolds, Trump's, David Shulkin, Obama, Shulkin, Ronny Jackson, Jackson, Jackson's, Robert Wilkie, Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, Chip Somodevilla, Denis McDonough, Donald Remy, Tanya Bradsher, McDonough
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Locations:
France, Nashua , New Hampshire, Rose, Trump's, Europe, Texas