SPECIAL VISITORS TO MINNEAPOLIS MEdical Center
Last week VA Secretary The Honorable James Peake, M.D., visited the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. In addition to receiving briefings by leadership, he toured the Brain Sciences Center, Polytrauma Unit and the Transitional Rehabilitation Unit. The Secretary was keynote speaker for an event on Friday at the Whipple federal building, celebrating the opening of a vocational rehabilitation center by the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
On Monday, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Tim Walz, Minnesota’s First District Congressman, held a “townhall forum” of invited veterans from Walz’s district. Pelosi and Walz visited the Polytrauma Unit and later were joined by U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar and Congressmen Jim Oberstar and Keith Ellison for a news conference.