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Assistant Secretary Frederico Juarbe Jr.
Prior to his nomination, Juarbe served for 23 years as Director of the
National Veterans Service at the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Juarbe has also worked closely with federal and state agencies in formulating
policy beneficial to veterans, their dependents and survivors. In addition,
Juarbe has served on numerous federal task forces and advisory committees such
as the President's Steering Committee on Help Through Industry Retraining and
Employment (HIRE).
Juarbe, a former medical corpsman with the 82nd Airborne Division, is
married to the former Nana Varee Heinbaugh. They have nine grandchildren.
Juarbe was born in Puerto Rico and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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