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I bet almost anyone could guess the biggest federal agency in the United States

That's right Bob. It's the Department of Defense

But how about the second biggest

Yeah

That one's a bit tougher maybe even surprising

It's the Department of Veterans Affairs

But that sort of makes sense right

The United States spends more on its military than any country in the world

Therefore the United States should spend a ton of money taking care of its military

But how the United States takes care of its military is changing significantly

For the past few years there's been this effort to overhaul how the VA works and it's become a political battle involving some really unexpected

Characters like spider-man

But we'll get to that later first the big announcement

Well, this really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to what the president has been saying

Since early in the campaign veterans should be guaranteed the right to choose their doctor in clinics

Whether at a VA facility or at a private medical center

But what this policy this new policy announcement does is really put that vision into practice

In the biggest way that we've seen so far Isaac Arnsdorf covers the VA for pro-publica

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