{"id":52910,"date":"2020-12-13T17:46:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T17:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/13\/american-legion-pelosi-join-calls-for-va-leaders-ouster\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:28:34","slug":"american-legion-pelosi-join-calls-for-va-leaders-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2020\/12\/13\/american-legion-pelosi-join-calls-for-va-leaders-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"American Legion, Pelosi join calls for VA leader\u2019s ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The nation\u2019s largest veterans organization and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/11\/major-veterans-groups-call-for-va-secretarys-ouster-following-damning-report\/\" target=_blank>the growing calls <\/a>for the ouster of President Donald Trump\u2019s Veterans Affairs chief, under fire after a government audit found he acted unprofessionally, if not unethically, in the handling of a congressional aide\u2019s allegation of sexual assault at a VA hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is unfair to expect accountability from the nearly 400,000 VA employees and not demand the same from its top executive. It is clear that Secretary Robert Wilkie failed to meet the standard that the veteran who came forward with the complaint deserved,\u201d the American Legion\u2019s national commander, James W. \u201cBill\u201d Oxford, said in a statement. He urged Wilkie and several other top VA officials cited in the report to resign because of their \u201cviolation of trust\u201d of the agency\u2019s commitment to not \u201ctolerate harassment of any kind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pelosi, D-Calif., said Wilkie \u201chas lost the trust and confidence to serve, and he must immediately resign.\u201d She said Wilkie \u201chas not only been derelict in his duty to combat sexual harassment, but has been complicit in the continuation of a VA culture that tolerates this epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, the VA said Wilkie, who has denied wrongdoing, doesn\u2019t intend to resign. \u201cHe will continue to lead the department,\u201d said spokeswoman Christina Noel.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/12\/major-veterans-groups-call-for-va-secretarys-ouster-following-damning-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20169688741728.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Major veterans groups call for VA secretary\u2019s ouster following damning report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Wilkie is facing criticism for his handling of a sexual assault complaint at a department medical center.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demands for Wilkie\u2019s resignation came a day after numerous veterans groups expressed similar outrage and sought Wilkie\u2019s dismissal in the final weeks of the Trump administration. Those organizations include Veterans of Foreign Wars, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS, Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Modern Military Association of America, and they said they had lost confidence that Wilkie could effectively lead the department, which is responsible for the care of 9 million veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/10\/investigators-blast-va-secretarys-unprofessional-behavior-but-find-no-evidence-of-crimes\/\" target=_blank>An investigation <\/a>by the Veterans Affairs\u2019 inspector general on Thursday concluded that Wilkie repeatedly sought to discredit Andrea Goldstein, a senior policy adviser to Democratic Rep. Mark Takano, chairman of the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee, after she alleged in September 2019 that a man at the VA medical center in Washington, D.C., had physically assaulted her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inspector general found that Wilkie\u2019s disparaging comments about Goldstein, a Navy veteran, as a repeat complainer as well as the overall \u201ctone\u201d he set influenced his staff to spread negative information about her while ignoring known problems of harassment at the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/10\/investigators-blast-va-secretarys-unprofessional-behavior-but-find-no-evidence-of-crimes\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP20140783642304.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Investigators blast VA secretary\u2019s \u2018unprofessional\u2019 behavior but find no evidence of crimes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The report accuses senior officials of ignoring problems within the department to pursue political vendettas instead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkie and other senior officials had declined to fully cooperate with the investigation by VA Inspector General Michael Missal. For that reason, Missal said he could not conclude whether Wilkie had violated government policies or laws, allegedly by personally digging into the woman\u2019s past. Wilkie has denied that he improperly investigated Goldstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had our concerns about Wilkie\u2019s leadership throughout the pandemic and this IG report really cements the fact that the VA is not being led with integrity,\u201d said Jeremy Butler, chief executive of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. \u201cThat calls for an immediate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report on Thursday drew widespread concern from lawmakers from both parties about VA\u2019s leadership, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/12\/10\/house-chairman-calls-for-va-secretary-to-resign-over-handling-of-sex-assault-case\/\" target=_blank>Takano the first to call for Wilkie\u2019s resignation<\/a>. Concerned Veterans for America, a conservative group who supported Wilkie when he became VA secretary in 2018, chided Wilkie and his team, stressing that \u201cVA leaders should always put the veteran and the integrity of the institution ahead of themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMVETS national commander Jan Brown said she found it unacceptable that VA would dismiss known problems facing women who receive care at its facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWomen veterans already hesitate to use VA services for a number of reasons and we need a Secretary who will make our community feel welcomed,\u201d she said. \u201cWe strongly disapprove of any VA official that took part in the scheme to wreck the credibility of a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The case of Goldstein, who agreed to be publicly identified, was ultimately closed by the inspector general\u2019s office and Justice Department earlier this year due to a lack of enough evidence to bring charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilkie is Trump\u2019s second VA secretary after David Shulkin was fired in 2018. A former Pentagon undersecretary, he presided over the nation\u2019s largest hospital system that has seen continuing improvement and veterans\u2019 satisfaction since a 2014 scandal involving lengthy waiting times for medical appointments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to rebuild trust in the VA when he takes office on Jan. 20. 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