Ex-top surgeon is OKd to head VA
From Times Wire Reports
The Senate confirmed James B. Peake, a former Army surgeon general, as Veterans Affairs secretary.
Retired Lt. Gen. Peake, 63, the son of a medical services officer and Army nurse, has spent 40 years in military medicine. He retired from the Army in 2004 after being lead commander in several medical posts, including four years as Army surgeon general.
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