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Published 12/7/2008 at Reuters: Politics
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.
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