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Former Procter Gamble executive Robert McDonald at a Brookings Institution panel discussion in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2013. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesSeeking to turn around a troubled agency, President Barack Obama will nominate former Procter a stanley cup mp; Gamble executive Robert McDonald to lead a Veter stanley cup ans Affairs department gripped by reports of treatment delays and cover-ups.Obama planned to nominate McDonald to the Cabinet post on Monday, the White House said. If confirmed by th stanley cup e Senate, the 61-year-old McDonald would succeed Eric Shinseki, the retired four-star general who resigned last month as the scope of the issues at veterans ; hospitals became apparent.McDonald nomination signals that the president put a premium on management experience as he sought a new VA secretary. McDonald also has a military background, graduating near the top of his class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and serving as a captain in the Army, primarily in the 82nd Airborne Division.Having somebody that has experience in the military, has strong bipartisan support for taking the job, and has a proven track record of implementing changes in large organizations to great effect makes him the right choice for this task, said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.McDonald resigned abruptly from Procter Gamble in May 2013 amid pressure from investors concerned that he was not doing enough to boost the company performance.Mc Bwko World Pulse s web of women keeps growing
SEOUL, South Korea AP 鈥?A fire destroyed about 60 makeshift homes in a densely packed neighborhood surrounded by some of the wealthiest streets of South Korea ultramodern capital Friday.Firefighters extinguished the flames in Seoul Guryong village within about five hours, and no injuries or deaths were reported.Shin Yong-ho, an offic yeezy ial at the fire department of Seoul Gangnam district, said rescue workers have searched areas affected by the fire but all residents were believed to have safely evacuated.READ MORE: Officials admit responsibility in South Koreas Halloween tragedyMore than 800 firefighters, police officers and public workers fought the flames and handled evacuations after the fire began around 6:30 a.m.Photos showed firefighters fighting the flames under thick, whi nike dunk te smoke covering the village as helicopters sprayed water from above. Later orange-suited rescuers searched through the charred landscape where gray tendrils of smoke were still rising. The capital skyscrapers gleamed a short distance away.How could this happen on the Lunar New Year holidays 66-year-old village resident Kim Sung-han told The Associated adidas samba Press, referring to one of the country biggest holidays that starts this weekend and continues through Tuesday.I had to run out of home only in these clothes, without being able to bring out anything else, Kim said. I couldn ;t go to work 8230; when it already so |
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