Washington, D.C. — In response to President Barack Obama’s decision to name former CAP Senior Fellow Denis McDonough as chief of staff to the White House, Neera Tanden, President of the Center ...

Though McDonough didn’t serve in the military or have health-care experience, he was a known progressive political operator in Washington. He previously served as chief of staff to former ...

VA Secretary Denis McDonough met with Trump’s agency review ... in part because it is doing well retaining staff. He noted VA is still short of its needs for counseling to help certain veterans ...