Here are his vitals:
Since his nomination, Peake doesn’t seem afraid to speak critically about the Veterans Administration, while still acknowledging the good work of its rank-and-file employees. As he said upon nomination:
Among the questions senators asked today are requests for clarification over Peake’s involvement with QTC Management, Inc. QTC is a company holding contracts with the VA, and so Peake says he’s cutting all ties and deferring contract decisions to others in VA. As Salon reports, some are suspect about the Bush administration’s ties with QTC. Former VA Secretary Anthony Principi was taken from QTC and is now backing working there. From Salon:
In addition, the Associated Press reports:
The company has a virtual lock on the expanding business of performing the physicals on veterans, which help determine how much they should get in disability checks from the VA.
Peake’s response to QTC questioning today was simply that he’ll do whatever the Senate needs to assure them there’s nothing fishy going on with QTC. Aside from this issues, the AP notes that there’s not much resistance to his nomination.
