Defending deep cuts at his agency, VA Secretary Doug Collins said, “The federal government does not exist to employ people.” He’s badly missing the point.

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin said Thursday that he did not “know any system that slashes its way to excellence” following Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) head Doug

The expected slashing of more than 80,000 VA jobs nationwide could affect the nine VA health centers in Alabama.

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced plans to cut about 80,000 jobs on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump pushes to shrink the federal workforce.

In a March 4 memo to senior agency leaders, agency chief of staff Christopher Syrek said the VA's "initial objective is to return to our 2019-end strength numbers of 399,957 employees" as part of the Department of Government Efficiency-led wave of large-scale firings and reorganization of agencies.

A new report leaked to The Associated Press from the White House suggests up to 80,000 jobs could be cut from the VA

But Trump on Wednesday night called on the D.C. mayor to ‘clean up’ homeless encampments around the White House, or the feds would do it.

Military veterans are among those who have lost federal government jobs as the Trump administration continues downsizing to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars.