Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The second-largest office of the U.S. government after the Pentagon is the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is charged with caring for the 20 million vets in the U.S. It has got a nearly $200 billion budget. More than 360,000 people work there. And the VA has been without a secretary since March. President Trump's recent nominee to lead the agency withdrew under a barrage of misconduct allegations. Now, as NPR's Quil Lawrence reports, the White House has several potential nominees. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: The latest possibility is Congressman Brian Mast, a first-term Florida Republican. Mast told NPR that he's honored to be under consideration. He's a decorated Army veteran who lost both his legs to an explosion in Afghanistan. As a congressman, he set up an office for his constituents inside the West Palm Beach VA. But Mast is only 37, and he's never managed an organization anywhere near the size of the VA. President
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