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The Department of Veterans Affairs has relaunched efforts to find a new head of veterans benefits following the withdrawal of nominee Karen Brazell last October. The VA has formally convened a commission led by Deputy Secretary Paul Lawrence to vet candidates for the position. Unlike most political appointments across the federal government, the undersecretaries of benefits and health must be recommended by a panel that includes advocates, industry representatives and previous members of VA leadership before they are nominated by the president.
Karen Brazell, a senior adviser to VA Secretary Doug Collins, was selected last June for the position, which is responsible for overseeing nearly $200 billion in benefits and aid to veterans and their dependents. During her confirmation hearing in S
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