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At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal blasted five VA nominees as underqualified, turning a routine nominations session into an open critique of the administration’s personnel choices. The episode matters less as theater than as a warning sign that the committee sees the department’s staffing pipeline as a real governance problem, not a formality.
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At a Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee hearing, Sen. Richard Blumenthal blasted five VA nominees as underqualified, turning a routine nominations session into an open critique of the administration’s personnel choices. The episode matters less as theater than as a warning sign that the committee sees the department’s staffing pipeline as a real governance problem, not a formality.
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