The U.S. Senate has confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs. The vote was 86-9, and many Democrats voted for him after Wilkie at his confirmation hearing he will not privatize the government’s second-largest department. Wilkie is President Trump’s third pick for the job in 18 months after firing his first VA secretary, David Shulkin, amid ethics charges and internal rebellion at the department over the role of private care for veterans. Trump’s initial replacement choice, White House doctor Ronny Jackson, withdrew after allegations of workplace misconduct surfaced. Wilkie is a former assistant secretary of defense under President George W. Bush.