Veterans Affairs Chief Stepping Down Amid Criticism ; Nicholson Blasted On Care of Troops Hurt in Iraq

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › July 18, 2007

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WASHINGTON Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson abruptly resigned Tuesday after months of the Bush administration struggling to defend charges of shoddy health care for veterans injured in the Iraq war.

Nicholson, a former Republican National Committee chairman and a Vietnam veteran, was picked by President Bush to head the Veterans Affairs Department in 2005. Planning to return to the private sector, he said his resignation is to take effect no later than Oct. 1.

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Veterans Affairs Chief Stepping Down Amid Criticism ; Nicholson Blasted On Care of Troops Hurt in Iraq

Nicholson, 69, is the latest in a line of senior officials heading for the exits in the final 1 years of the Bu...

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