He was the popular number two at the VA when the director was a mistake-prone disaster. Some under-utilized veterans' hospitals are an expensive drain on U.S. health care. He'll help finalize a plan to provide prescription drugs to the elderly. It will be popular but could be a budget breaker. Though the U.S. government has little control over local education, Bush pledged help for failing schools.
Transportation is one of the least ideological departments.
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