LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has invited Andrew Lennox, of Livingston County, to be her visitor at President Donald Trump’s Joint Speech in Washington D.C. on Tuesday.
Andrew Lennox was a U.S. Division of Veterans Affairs worker in Ann Arbor earlier than he was fired as a result of DOGE funding cuts.
Lennox was born and raised in Romeo, MI. He graduated highschool in 2007 and earned his bachelor’s in Center Japanese Research and Arabic from Western Michigan College in 2011.
Shortly after graduating, he enlisted within the Marines, the place he served as an infantryman and recruiter for 10 years and was deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
Lennox began working as an administrative officer within the Major Care Division at VA in Ann Arbor on Dec. 2024. His job was to certify hours labored, guarantee VA professionals had the best credentials, and see that tax {dollars} weren’t wasted.
Nonetheless, he was fired by DOGE through e mail on Feb. 13.
“I’m thrilled to have him as my guest at the President’s speech, but I wish it were under different circumstances. Elon Musk knows nothing about the VA, and it’s shameful Andrew got a pink slip as part of these arbitrary firings,” mentioned Slotkin in a information launch despatched to six Information.
