This story was updated on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 8:46 a.m.
Former Georgia GOP Congressman Doug Collins could be headed back to Washington to serve as head of the second-largest department in the federal government, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Collins will oversee a staff of nearly 371,000 tasked with providing health care, benefits and burial services for American veterans and their families.
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