As a veteran, I take great exception to the idea of Palin being involved in the VA. In fact, she is not qualified to be involved in anything more complicated than managing the small town of Wasilla, which she struggled to do. I've met Palin, I know people who worked with and around Palin, and the consensus is that she is not very bright, does not have a very good work ethic, and is very vindictive towards any person that opposes her. My father used to say, "Nobody is completely useless, they can always serve as a bad example". That would be a good job for Palin, serving as a bad example.