Obama taps Army Ranger as interim head of troubled veterans agency

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File image of USO President Gibson before a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in WashingtonBy Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In naming Sloan Gibson as acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama turned to a staunch defender of the agency who has a background in both the military and in the corporate world. Gibson, the son of a World War II Army Air Corps tail gunner and grandson of a World War I veteran, went to West Point before joining the elite Army Rangers. He joined the VA only three months ago as deputy secretary. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony in April for a VA trauma center in Tampa, Florida, Gibson praised the "cutting-edge medical care" at the center and touted the dedication of VA employees.

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