The Pentagon expects it to take about two years to restore the monument to its original site at the cemetery, an official told The Associated Press.
The combat-wounded veteran and former Senate hopeful will oversee operations at hundreds of VA cemeteries and memorial sites.
Friday's decision undoes an attempt to wrap up more than two decades of military prosecution beset by legal and logistical troubles.
President Trump on Monday also placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a somber tradition for U.S. presidents.
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