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Obama to formally pick retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki as secretary of Veterans Affairs

 

Published 12/7/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

The former Army chief of staff was vilified by the Bush administration for saying several hundred thousand troops would be needed to control Iraq after the invasion. His prediction later proved true. > President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next Veterans Affairs secretary, turning to a former Army chief of staff once vilified by the Bush administration for questioning its Iraq war strategy. (link)

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