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Glenn Graham

84:12 - 84:46

"I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand."

“I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand.”
Speaker
Glenn Graham
Timestamp
84:12 – 84:46
Source
Senate Veterans' Affairs (Sullivan): Hearings to examine advancing the mission, focusing on evaluating the future of VA research.
Community
Alaska News
Captured at
July 22, 2026

From the transcript

There were folks, good folks that we lost in the organization because they were afraid that if they didn't take that option and they were riffed, they would have nothing. Uh, you know, I think in general it was difficult because I think people in the VA by large, at least those that I work with, were dedicated civil servants. They felt that federal service was an honor and a privilege and a duty to veterans. But yet somehow the federal civil servants, even including in the VA, were treated somehow as a public enemy. And that created a hostile work environment that I did not understand.

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