Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins visited his home state of Georgia today to address those attending a military influencers conference.
Collins spoke about the importance of reaching veterans on social media at the conference in Atlanta. He said his office has a dedicated team prepared to respond to former members of the armed forces’ complaints and requests on his official social media.
“The person in charge of running that, she said to me, ‘You don’t know it, but on your account, you got a goodbye letter from a veteran who was gonna take their own life,'” Collins said. “She said, ‘We saw it, we reached out, that veteran is alive.’ If I don’t do anything else, it’s worth the whole time I’ve been there.”
Collins, who has held his position since February, came under fire earlier this year for proposing staff reductions at the VA. Collins said that the organization has reduced its workforce by 30,000, but all were voluntary retirements.
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