President Barack Obama will nominate Bob McDonald -- a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble -- to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, a White House official told CNN on Sunday. McDonald would take over a troubled department. The VA, a massive bureaucracy with more than 300,000 full-time employees, is under fire as it deals with allegations of alarming shortcomings at its medical facilities. The controversy, as CNN first reported, involves delayed care with potentially fatal consequences in possibly dozens of cases. Eric Shinseki stepped down as head of the department in May after Republicans, Democrats and veterans' advocacy groups joined together in calling for his resignation.
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Bob McDonald is a "surprising pick," says the head of an advocacy group
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McDonald is a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble
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The VA  is under fire as it deals with allegations of delayed care at its medical facilities
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Eric Shinseki stepped down as head of the department in May under bipartisan pressure
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