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In 1985, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] nominated Carson, to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board for a term which expired on December 3, 1988. In 2003, President [[George W. Bush]] appointed him to the board of directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences.<ref>Wayback Machine (archive.org), accessed April 8, 2022.</ref>

In 1985, [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] nominated Carson, to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board for a term which expired on December 3, 1988. In 2003, President [[George W. Bush]] appointed him to the board of directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences.<ref>Wayback Machine (archive.org), accessed April 8, 2022.</ref>

Carson belongs to many veterans organizations and was appointed by Republican Governor [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr.]], to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.  He was also appointed to the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame Museum Board.

Carson belongs to many veterans organizations and was appointed by Republican Governor [[Mike Foster|Murphy J. "Mike" Foster Jr.]], to the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs.  He was also appointed to the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame Museum Board.

In 2007, then Governor-elect Bobby Jindal chose Carson to serve as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs for the State of Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=11|title=Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal Announces Secretaries|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2007}}</ref> Carson led the department through a  transition period in veterans' healthcare, veterans' job creation, and upgrades to the post-9/11 GI Bill of Rights.  After more than a decade of mismanagement and bureaucratic red tape, Carson revived plans to construct the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Leesville in Vernon Parish in west Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/12756960/central-louisiana-to-get-veterans-cemetery?redirected=true|title=Central Louisiana to get Veterans Cemetery|publisher=ksla.com|accessdate=April 8. 2022}}</ref> and successfully secured the long-awaited Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell in St. Tammany Parish.<ref>"Slidell Veterans Cemetery to Open in 2014," ''the New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' accessed August 21, 2013.</ref> Carson also led the department through two [[hurricane]]s, Gustav and Isaac, which made landfall on the Louisiana coast.

In 2007, then Governor-elect Bobby Jindal chose Carson to serve as Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs for the State of Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gov.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=11|title=Governor-Elect Bobby Jindal Announces Secretaries|publisher=gov.louisiana.gov|accessdate=December 5, 2007}}</ref> Carson led the department through a  transition period in veterans' healthcare, veterans' job creation, and upgrades to the post-9/11 GI Bill of Rights.  After more than a decade of mismanagement and bureaucratic red tape, Carson revived plans to construct the Central Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Leesville in Vernon Parish in west Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/12756960/central-louisiana-to-get-veterans-cemetery?redirected=true|title=Central Louisiana to get Veterans Cemetery|publisher=ksla.com|accessdate=April 8. 2022}}</ref> and successfully secured the long-awaited Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery in Slidell in St. Tammany Parish.<ref>"Slidell Veterans Cemetery to Open in 2014," ''the New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' accessed August 21, 2013.</ref> Carson also led the department through two [[hurricane]]s, Gustav and Isaac, which made landfall on the Louisiana coast.

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