VA official to visit Minnesota

March 16, 2016 — 7:25pm

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald will visit veterans hospitals in Minneapolis and St. Cloud next week at the invitation of Minnesota's congressional delegation.

McDonald will be in Minnesota next Thursday and Friday. He will tour the St. Cloud VA Medical Center, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center and the St. Paul VA regional office. He will meet with employees, union personnel and leaders. He will also meet with the congressional delegation Thursday afternoon and be at a town-hall meeting in St. Cloud to talk about employee/management tensions.

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