The former head of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Gov. Kay Ivey of illegally firing him last year. W. Kent Davis, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, filed the lawsuit accusing Ivey of wrongful termination and defamation.
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