Operation Just Cause... ...for as long as it takes
Washington, D.C. -- John Hanson, a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) on July 8, 1999.
Hanson, who will direct policies governing VA's news media and
public and internal communications programs, as well as
intergovernmental and consumer affairs activities, most recently
was VA's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental
Affairs.
Before his 1994 VA appointment, he was on the national staff of
The American Legion at its Washington, D.C., headquarters for
more than 10 years, where he served as deputy director for public
relations and director of the Legion's veterans affairs and
rehabilitation division.
Hanson worked for the National Governors' Association from 1979
to 1983, and served on the staff of Governor George Busbee of
Georgia from 1976 to 1979.
Hanson attended the University of Alabama and graduated from
Georgia State University in 1977 with a B.A. in journalism and
political science. He is a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Air
Force.
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