FedTracker: Obama picks Shinseki for VA
Retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki will head the Veterans Affairs
department in the Obama administration. Shinseki served 38 years in the
Army, and was chief of staff from 1999 until his retirement in 2003.
“Throughout his nearly four
decades in the U.S. Army, he won the respect and admiration of our men
and women in uniform because they have always been his highest
priority,” President-elect Obama said. “He has always stood
on principle – because he has always stood with our troops. And he will
bring that same sense of duty and commitment to ensuring that we treat
our veterans with the care and dignity they deserve.”
Posted by Michael Hardy on Dec 10, 2008 at 6:59 PM