{"id":2388587,"date":"2025-01-09T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-sam-brown-to-va-position-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T21:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T02:21:36","slug":"trump-nominates-sam-brown-to-va-position-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-sam-brown-to-va-position-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates Sam Brown to VA position &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-nominates-sam-brown-to-va-position-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2388587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content appears to include HTML elements designed for \u200ba webpage,featuring\u200d a button to read more,a\u2064 horizontal \u200cline,and a mobile \u2064menu interface.\u200b It\u2064 primarily focuses on a news article\u200c headline\u2063 stating that former Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown has\u200d been nominated\u2063 by \u2063Donald Trump for a position with the Department of Veterans\u2062 affairs (VA). \u2064There\u200d are also components related \u2062to a search function, \u2063implying that \u2064the website is \u200bgeared\u200d toward\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-school-board-member-faces-lefts-attacks-recall-effort-in-california\/\" title=\"Conservative School Board Member Under Fire, Faces Recall in California\">providing news updates<\/a>, in this\u200b context likely related to politics or veteran\u2062 affairs. 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Jacky Rosen (D-NV) 47.9% to 46.2%. He trailed Trump in support by over 4 points as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nothing-about-this-election-seems-to-add-up-the-liberty-loft\/\" title=\"Nothing about this election seems to add up | The Liberty Loft\">president-elect won<\/a> the state over Vice President Kamala Harris, 50.6% to her 47.5%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sam is an American HERO, a Purple Heart recipient, and successful businessman from Nevada, who has devoted his life to serving America,&rdquo; Trump said in a post on Truth Social. &ldquo;He fearlessly proved his love for our Country in the Army, while leading Troops in battle in Afghanistan and, after being honorably retired as a Captain, helping our Veterans get access to emergency medications.&rdquo;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&ldquo;Sam will now continue his service to our Great Nation at the VA, where he will work tirelessly to ensure we put America&rsquo;s Veterans FIRST, and remember ALL who served,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Brown was a captain in the Army and suffered burn wounds across 30% of his body in an explosion that in 2008 scarred his face. He attempted to run for a Nevada U.S. Senate seat in 2022 but failed in the primary before breaking through in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed Brown in his latest pursuit, even mentioning him during his Republican National Convention speech. &ldquo;[Brown] paid the biggest price probably ever paid by anybody that is running for office, and I think he is going to do great,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s running against a person that is not good, not respected. A total lightweight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Brown also had his time in the spotlight at the RNC. &ldquo;This is the high cost of war,&rdquo; Brown said of his face. &ldquo;If Joe Biden stays in office, more service members will pay this price.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his new position, Brown will oversee the &ldquo;maintenance and operation of 155 VA national cemeteries in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">providing dignified burial services<\/a> for military Veterans and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-state-dept-taliban-shows-little-regard-for-human-life\/\" title=\"U.S. State Dept.: Taliban shows little regard for human life\">eligible family members<\/a>,&rdquo; according to the VA&rsquo;s website job description for current acting Undersecretary for Memorial Affairs Ronald Walters.<\/p>\n<p>His other responsibilities will include &ldquo;overseeing design and construction activities related to the establishment of new VA national cemeteries; managing memorial programs including the provision of headstones, markers, medallions and Presidential Memorial Certificates; and administering federal grants to states and territories including tribal trust lands, Guam, and Saipan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1931378\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931378\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates Sam Brown for VA memorial affairs role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2388588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24199147900958-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9134,42255,3634,48237,32076],"class_list":["post-2388587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-nomination","tag-sam-brown","tag-trump","tag-va-position","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/AP24199147900958-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2388587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2388591,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2388587\/revisions\/2388591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2388587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2388587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2388587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}