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Robert Wilkie
American
Public Servant
Born:
Aug 2
,
1962
Am
Any
Battle
Service
Veterans
Women
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I am humbled by the prospect of serving those who have borne the battle, those American men and women who have sacrificed so much.
Robert Wilkie
Women
Battle
Men
Men And Women
Those
Borne
Sacrificed
Prospect
Am
American
American Men
Much
Who
Serving
Humbled
For the VA to thrive as an integrated health care network, it must be agile and adaptive.
Robert Wilkie
Health
Care
Thrive
Adaptive
Must
Network
Health Care
Integrated
Agile
VA
The Bible that I will take my oath on reminds me of the 100th anniversary of the end of the war to end all wars. It was a Bible taken into battle by my wife's grandfather who had probably never ventured beyond three or four counties in North and South Carolina.
Robert Wilkie
War
Me
Bible
Battle
Wife
Will
Three
Carolina
Oath
Take
Never
Had
Taken
Counties
Reminds
Anniversary
Beyond
South
South Carolina
End
North
Grandfather
Who
Wars
Four
When an American veteran comes to VA, it is not up to him to employ a team of lawyers to get VA to say yes. It is up to VA to get the veteran to yes, and that is customer service.
Robert Wilkie
Service
Veteran
Say
Lawyers
Employ
Him
Up
Yes
Get
American
Customer
Customer Service
Team
VA
I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk your post.
Robert Wilkie
Family
You
Age
Post
Walk
Listening
Those
Had
Learned
Around
Commander
Very
Very Early Age
Order
Your
Early
Early Age
I experienced what can never be duplicated in the private sector - the communal aspect of VA.
Robert Wilkie
Sector
Never
Private
Private Sector
Duplicated
Experienced
Communal
Aspect
VA
Many of the issues I encountered as acting secretary were not with the quality of medical care but with getting our veterans through the door to reach that care.
Robert Wilkie
Quality
Veterans
Care
Our
Secretary
Through
Reach
Issues
Were
Encountered
Getting
Door
Acting
Many
Medical
Medical Care
My own life changed when my father returned from his second combat tour in Vietnam. When he came home after almost a year in Army hospitals, he weighed less than half of what he did when he left. I watched the agonizing recovery, and that experience was on my mind when I was asked to come to VA.
Robert Wilkie
Life
Home
Army
Experience
Father
Mind
Half
Year
Own
Changed
My Own
Recovery
Hospitals
Tour
Weighed
He
Almost
Combat
Come
Returned
Came
His
Left
Than
Did
After
Asked
Vietnam
Less
Agonizing
VA
Second
Watched
The last thing I will pay attention to is any of the usual Washington back and forth.
Robert Wilkie
Will
Pay
Pay Attention
Back
Attention
Any
Forth
Usual
Washington
Thing
Last
I have been privileged to work for some of the most high-powered people in town. They pay me for my opinions, and I give those to them.
Robert Wilkie
Work
Me
People
Pay
Those
Some
Give
Town
Most
Opinions
Been
Privileged
Them
When our veterans walk into any VA facility, they converse with men and women who speak the unique language of military service.
Robert Wilkie
Service
Women
Speak
Walk
Veterans
Language
Men
Men And Women
Military
Our
Facility
Any
Converse
Who
Unique
Military Service
VA
Norman Hooten's dedication and commitment to serving his fellow veterans is what VA is all about.
Robert Wilkie
Commitment
Veterans
Dedication
About
Fellow
His
Norman
VA
Serving
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