Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service, under the headline, “Exodus at VA: 10,000 employees are resigning in September. Here’s the list.” Subscribe to their newsletter .

It’s been six months since a now-infamous email presented millions of federal workers with a pivotal decision: They could reply “resign” to give up their job and receive full pay and benefits through the end of September. Or they could stay in their positions and hope they didn’t get laid off in the ensuing chaotic months of the second Trump administration.

Perhaps no agency was impacted more than the Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs by far the largest federal payroll outside of the milita

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