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Doug Collins: “The goal, which would be about 70, 80,000 if you looked at…”

Featuring: Doug Collins, Republican | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | National

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Secretary Doug Collins answers questions about potential layoffs at Department of Veterans Affairs

Published | Video Starts at 00:43

They set targets. I mean, if you don't have a target, then you're not going to ever get anything done. And one of the targets was about 15%. Now, The goal, which would be about 70, 80,000 if you looked at it, which would be pre Covid levels, is a goal. And we're going to look at it and see what we can get to see what maybe makes it more efficient. (00:43–00:51)

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Asserts that the goal is to reduce VA jobs to pre-COVID levels, about 70,000-80,000.

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