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    White House: VA Nominee 'Deserves A Fair Hearing' As Senators Weigh Allegations

    The president met Tuesday with Navy Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson, a White House official confirmed to NPR. The official said Jackson wants to keep fighting and that Trump supports his decision.
    by Scott Horsley Apr 25, 2018 3 minutes
    White House doctor and Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson meets with Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill April 16, 2018.

    Updated at 11:00 a.m. ET

    The White House is defending President Trump's choice to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, even as questions swirl around the nominee, White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson.

    "Dr. Jackson deserves a fair hearing and we are not going to write him off in any way before his hearing, and quite frankly neither should members of Congress," White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told Rachel Martin on NPR's Morning Edition Wednesday.

    Gidley said the FBI background investigation into Jackson "was clean and there are no issues in the

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