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Podcast: Eye on Veterans
Episode: VA's Top Dawg: Sec. Collins shares updates on benefit claims, Congress, mental health and more
Description: This week Eye on Veterans and Connecting Vets, Reporter Julia LeDoux had an informative conversation with VA Secretary Doug Collins. We asked many of the questions veterans have today.
Collins shared his goals of lowering benefit claims processing times, simplifying the system and a revealed plans to overhaul the application.
We also got a rare look at his military background as an Air Force Reserve Colonel, Chaplain and deployment to Iraq. He shared memories of a Thanksgiving, while stationed at Balad Air Base, and how his experience and faith guide his work today.
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