Washington — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced on Thursday that the Senate will vote on Monday on whether to confirm top Pentagon official Robert Wilkie as the Veterans Affairs secretary after revelations of a politically motivated purge of employees by the interim leadership.

The rapidly scheduled vote was announced after Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, called on Thursday for action on the confirmation “without delay.”

The move follows a report in The Washington Post on Wednesday that VA officials who are supportive of President Donald Trump have been taking aggressive steps to sideline or reassign employees who are perceived to be disloyal.

“It is of utmost importance that any policy changes that impact the future of the department be made by a confirmed VA secretary who can be held accountable by Congress and the American people,” Isakson said in a statement.

Isakson said he would work with Wilkie to implement “any policy and personnel changes that he deems necessary to best serve the veterans of the United States” — a reference that underscored the alarm in both parties about the targeting of staff members.

Hours later, McConnell announced that the vote would be the first order of business when the Senate convenes on Monday.

The personnel changes have been carried out by Peter O’Rourke, a former Trump campaign staff member who has been serving as VA’s acting secretary since May 30. Multiple civil servants in several offices have been reassigned to lower-visibility roles, and some high-ranking Trump political appointees have been forced out after disagreeing with the management style of O’Rourke and his team, The Post reported.

Wilkie was not aware of the personnel moves, according to his spokesman and VA officials.

The officials behind the reassignments also were the driving force behind the ouster of Secretary David Shulkin, whom Trump fired in March. Wilkie briefly served as acting secretary after Shulkin left.