National Press Club

NPC Luncheon: VA Secretary Denis McDonough

November 07, 2022

Photo Credit: Peter West A plate of patriotically themed cookies was available at each table.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is introduced at a Nov. 7 Press Club Luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Jan Scruggs, founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, attended the luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, displays a souvenir Press Club coffee mug.
Photo Credit: Peter West Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addresses a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon.
Photo Credit: Peter West Tom Young, commander of the National Press Club's American Legion Post 20 shakes hands with Tweila-Rochelle Cauthen, commander of the American Legion of the District of Columbia.
Photo Credit: Peter West Tamra Sipes, national president of Gold Star Wives of America, listens to Nov 7 luncheon remarks by Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Denis R. McDonough, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, addressed a Nov. 7 Press Club luncheon on the topic of the impact of the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, signed by President Biden in August, that expands medical benefits to veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits on military bases. McDonough also  delivered an update on the state of America’s veterans and their families.