On Dec. 14th, the Senate unanimously approved the nomination of Dr. James Peake, USMA 1966, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
The former Army surgeon general retired from the Army in 2004 after 40 years of service in military medicine. President Bush nominated Peake to replace James Nicholson, who stepped down as VA secretary Sept. 30.
“…you are part of a long tradition stretching back to the earliest days of this country’s history, and that where you sit sat ones, some of the most celebrated names in our Nation’s history, and also some who are not so well known, but who, on 100 different battlefields in many wars involving every generation of this country’s history, have given very clear evidence of their commitment to their country.”
President John F. Kennedy
graduation speech, June 6, 1962
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