White House Doctor Withdraws Nomination to Be Trump’s VA Secretary

White House physician Ronny Jackson cites ‘baseless’ attackd
Trump tells Fox that ‘these are all false allegations’

Ronny Jackson Withdraws from Veterans' Affairs Head Race

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By Toluse Olorunnipa and Jennifer Epstein

April 26, 2018 at 11:59 AM UTC

Updated on

April 26, 2018 at 5:26 PM UTC

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White House physician Ronny Jackson withdrew his nomination to be Veterans Affairs secretary Thursday after a Senate panel delayed a confirmation hearing to review allegations of improper behavior and management lapses.

“Going into this process, I expected tough questions about how to best care for our veterans, but I did not expect to have to dignify baseless and anonymous attacks on my character and integrity,” Jackson said in a statement.