April 27 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump took executive action Thursday to better protect whistleblowers in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, a step in-line with the president's repeated pledge to take care for American military veterans.
The executive order, signed at the department Wednesday afternoon, establishes an Accountability and Whistleblower Protection office within the department that's designed to encourage whistleblowers to report misconduct, and make it easier for the department to dismiss disruptive employees.