Army veteran Sam Brown confirmed to oversee veteran cemeteries across the country
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The Senate confirmed yet another president Donald Trump’s This time Tuesday’s candidate is for positions to maintain veteran cemeteries and oversee burials.
Army veteran Sam Brown And the former Nevada GOP Senate candidate has been confirmed by the Senate to be Trump’s executive director of veterans affairs. The 54-44 vote was a largely partisan event, with the exception of Nevada’s democratic sense of affairs, both Katherine Cortez Mast and Jackie Rosen crossed the aisle to vote for Brown’s confirmation.
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Army veteran and former Nevada GOP candidate Sam Brown has been confirmed as Trump’s executive director of veteran affairs. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The Secretary of Memorial Affairs oversees the national cemetery administration, which operates and maintains more than 150 national cemeteries. According to the VA, national cemeteries across the country have around 4 million veterans buried on their basis.
And the National Cemetery Bureau offers more than 100,000 military veterans and eligible families each year.
Trump nominated Brown, who served in the military for five years before retiring medically after a roadside improvised explosive device exploded a third of his body in January, praised him as an “American hero” in a true social post on his social media platform.
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“He led the army in the battle in Afghanistan, while boldly proved his love for our country in the Army, helping veterans access to emergency medicines after his honorable retirement as captain,” Trump said.
Brown’s confirmation marked the third of the day in the Senate. There, there is an increasing list of Trump candidates for various agencies, judges and ambassadors. Senate Democrats.
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Senate Republicans insisted that Brown’s position in particular should not be influenced by the partisanship displayed in Democrats’ attempts to slow the walks of other, more controversial candidates.
Senator Jerry Moranthe chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee made his request earlier this year to confirm Brown through a much faster process known as unanimous consent, opposed by Senate Democrats in May.
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“It’s not a Republican or Democrat’s issue to give veterans a break with honor and serve their families with dignity,” the Kansas Republican said in a statement at the time. “We are not discouraged from being unable to work in a bipartisan way to confirm the qualified and capable leaders of this national cemetery administration. That position is responsible for carrying out the strictest responsibility of our country and filling up our veterans.”