The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Robert McDonald , a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer , as the next Veterans Affairs secretary . He replaces Eric Shinseki , who resigned in May amid an unfolding scandal at VA medical facilities . The vote was 97 to 0 . McDonald takes over a massive bureaucracy with more than 300,000 full-time employees still reeling from allegations of delayed care and alarming mismanagement at major medical facilities . Investigations continue and Congress appears ready to approve legislation this week authorizing new money and other steps to address cultural and managerial shortcomings at the Veterans Affairs Department . McDonald also has promised to take `` immediate actions '' in his first 90 days to reform the troubled agency . Who is Bob McDonald ? Congress comes up with a deal on veterans . Gingrich Opinion : We owe our veterans real change .
McDonald takes over for Eric Shinseki , who resigned in May amid scandal . He is a former corporate CEO and an ex-Army officer who went to West Point . McDonald assumes the post with the VA reeling over alarming shortcomings in care .