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Robert Wilkie: “Anyone who sits in the Secretary's chair and claims he has the answers should not be there.”

On the recordApril 10, 2018
Anyone who sits in the Secretary's chair and claims he has the answers should not be there.
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Robert Wilkie

Editor's note · Context

Wilkie critiques those in leadership who lack engagement with staff and veterans.

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