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thinkprogress.org - 12/7/2008

Obama Taps Shinseki To Head A 21st Century VA: ‘We Have A Sacred Trust To Repay’ To Our Troops

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Today, President-elect Barack Obama announced that Gen. Eric Shinseki will become his Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary. The nomination of the first Asian-American to the post — Shinseki, a Japanese-American, grew up in Hawaii — carries extra poignancy, coming on the 67th ...

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msnbc.msn.com - 12/7/2008

Sources: Shinseki tapped as VA secretary

— msnbc.msn.com — Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be the next... Veterans Affairs secretary. (more) Sources: Shinseki tapped as VA secretary

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attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/7/2008

We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs

— attackerman.firedoglake.com — A source close to the presidential transition just confirmed to me that Eric Shinseki, the Army chief... of staff who stood up to Donald Rumsfeld and told the truth about the real military costs of the Iraq war, will be Veterans Affairs secretary. ... (more) We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs

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voices.washingtonpost.com - 12/7/2008

Shinseki Slated to Head VA, Democratic Source Says

— voices.washingtonpost.com — Updated 6:34 p.m. By Philip Rucker and Thomas E. Ricks Retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki will... be introduced tomorrow as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, a Democratic official familiar with the ... (more) Shinseki Slated to Head VA, Democratic Source Says

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Shinseki to Veterans: “[We will serve] you as well as you have served us.”
The Moderate Voice — ... I just read at Thinkprogress the full transcript of Obama’s announcement of his selection and of Shinseki’s acceptance. (You can also view the ...

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Jules Crittenden — ... , though. Anyway, here’s ThinkProgress  crowing about Shinseki, claims if he had his way, there’d be fewer wounded vets to care for. Maybe, maybe not. Big on how he’s a wounded combet vet himself, which is great. Hopefully he’ll do a good job seeing to it the war wounded get the care they need. Exultant finger-pointing TP neglects to mention that what the libs have wanted ever since they discovered that war is hard is not more troops in Iraq, but fewer. As in none at all. Also, TP neglects to mention that as VA secretary, Shinseki’s job does not involve war policy. That’s ...