1. Robert Lee Nabors II was the Chief of Staff of the US Department of Veterans Affairs from 2014 to 2016.
11 Facts About Rob Nabors
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Rob Nabors previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and several other senior roles in the Obama White House.
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Rob Nabors was born in Fort Dix, New Jersey and lived in Arizona, Maryland, Germany, Virginia, South Korea, Florida, Italy, Massachusetts in his youth.
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Rob Nabors joined the minority staff of the powerful House Appropriations Committee at the end of the Clinton Administration.
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In February 2010 Rob Nabors became senior advisor to then-White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
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Jeff Liebman replaced Rob Nabors as Acting Deputy Director at OMB.
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In January 2011 it was announced that Rob Nabors had succeeded Phil Schiliro as the head of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs.
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In November 2011, Rob Nabors was included on The New Republic's list of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.
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At the start of President Obama's second term, Rob Nabors was named White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, alongside the new Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.
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In May 2014, in response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal, the President dispatched Rob Nabors to oversee a review of practices at the Veterans Administration.
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Emails released by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs show that Rob Nabors pressured the IG to downplay the link between extended waiting times and veteran deaths.