americablog.com - 12/7/2008
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You have to give the Obama people credit . They are quite adept at slipping the knife in slowly. Obama is appointing retired General Eric Shinseki to be our next secretary of Veterans Affairs. You might recall that Shinseki is the guy who basically canned by Rumsfeld after he testified to ...
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attackerman.firedoglake.com - 12/7/2008
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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. ...
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We Need A Hero: Shinseki for Veterans’ Affairs
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 12/7/2008
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One of the truly nauseating moments in the
run-up to the Iraq war was the humiliating public...
rebuke that Paul Wolfowitz, then Donald Rumsfeld's #2 at the Pentagon, delivered to Eric Shinseki, then a four-star general serving as Army chief of staff. ...
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Karmic justice: Gen. Eric Shinseki
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It's General Eric Shinseki (US Army, retired) for Secretary of Veterans Affairs. I wasn't crazy about his decision to eliminate the Rangers' franchise on black berets and issue them to everybody, but he was a Ranger himself, and I wasn't, so I'll yield the point to his superior standing. I suppose the morale standards of today's Army require allowing every company clerk needs to dress up like a commando in camo and beret. What Shinseki is best known for, of course, is challenging Donald Rumsfeld on the force requirements for the occupation of Iraq and, in essence, getting fired for being right. Obama has, in fact, cited Shinseki's prescience ...
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