'Get used to it' - Department of Veterans Affairs announces 70,000 jobs will be cut
70,000. That’s the number of jobs the Department of Veterans Affairs will cut over the next six months. This comes from an internal VA memo leaked to the public this week.
It’s the latest in a series of mass layoffs conducted by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
In a video released yesterday, VA Secretary Doug Collins said that the changes are necessary to make the department more efficient, accountable, and transparent.
But, In another video released last month Collins promised that health care services and benefits would not be cut, and that 300,000 positions at…
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