"I care about serving veterans."
2025-02-25 00:56:30.613797+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Wired: DOGE’s USDS Purge Included the Guy Who Keeps Veterans’ Data Safe Online:
“There were these interviews we all had to do with the DOGE people the day after the inauguration,” he says. “In mine, one of them asked me to describe what I was doing at VA and then said something like, ‘If you’re doing all that work, why aren’t you working in the private sector where you could be making twice as much money?’ And I said, ‘Because I don’t care about the money. I care about serving veterans.’
“I think the fact that someone asked me that question at all is really telling.”
Via Jonathan Kamens (the subject of the piece).