By Randy Ellis
The executive director of the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs was forced out Wednesday in a move orchestrated by Gov. Mary Fallin.
John McReynolds, 70, resigned, two days after Fallin complained the department is meeting the needs of only a few thousand of the state’s 330,000 veterans.
“We can do better,” the governor wrote in a letter Monday. The agency needs to do more to address veterans’ issues like suicides, substance abuse and mental health, Fallin said.
At Fallin’s request, the Oklahoma Veterans Commission voted 8-1 to appoint Maj. Gen. Myles Deering to replace McReynolds as the agency’s executive director.
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