Eric Shinseki
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VA sec'y promises timely response to war illness...policy. WASHINGTON (AP) - Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki says he's working to improve the agency's ability to cope with increasing numbers of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems. Shinseki told... In this article: Eric Shinseki, Department of Veterans Affairs, E mail, Depression, The Early Show, Washington, Afghanistan, Iraq, and CBS |
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White House News | November 09, 2009
President Obama Launches Major Veterans Employment Initiative
...into the model employer of America's veterans. This evening, President Obama will be joined by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Office of Personnel...
In this article: Barack Obama, Hilda Solis, Office of Personnel Management, and Janet Napolitano
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washingtonpost.com | November 06, 2009
Eye Opener: Growing efforts to help servicemembers
...how we're doing," Mullen said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and VA Secretary Eric K. Shinseki also co-hosted the first-ever join meeting on military mental health concerns last week in Washington. "This is about doing what is best...
In this article: Suicide, Fort Hood, Mike Mullen, Postal Service, Social Security Administration, Eric K. Shinseki, The Pentagon, VA, and Olympia J. Snowe
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washingtonpost.com | November 03, 2009
Shinseki cites plight, plan to help homeless veterans
...surviving the downturn. Shinseki invited thousands of government, nonprofit and faith-based homelessness experts and advocates to Washington this week to tackle the issue, which he vows to fix during his tenure. "I'm the newcomer here...
In this article: Eric K. Shinseki, VA, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Afghanistan, Iraq, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq War, and Military.com
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Honolulu Advertiser | November 04, 2009
Shinseki outlines VA plan to end homelessness among veterans
...to end homelessness among veterans Updated at 7:05 a.m., Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Shinseki outlines VA plan to end homelessness among veterans WASHINGTON Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki yesterday announced the framework of a...
In this article: Suicide, Depression, Washington, Unemployment, Housing and Urban Development, GI Bill, Small Business Administration, Defense Department, and Health and Human Services
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Houston Chronicle | November 03, 2009
VA pledges help for tens of thousands of homeless vets
...Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is promising help for homeless veterans. Shinseki is speaking to 1,200 homeless service providers at a Washington conference. He says the VA will spend $3.2 billion next year on the problem. It is...
In this article: Washington, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Houston Chronicle
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Eric Ken Shinseki (born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army four-star general who is currently serving as the 7th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999-2003). He is a veteran of combat in Vietnam, having been left with a maimed foot. During his tenure as Army Chief of Staff, Shinseki initiated an innovative but controversial plan to make the Army more strategically deployable and mobile in urban terrain by creating Stryker Interim-Force Brigade Combat Teams. He conceived a long term strategic plan for the Army dubbed Objective Force, which included a program he designed, Future Combat Systems.
Shinseki publicly clashed with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during the planning of the war in Iraq over how many troops the U.S. would need to keep in Iraq for the postwar occupation of that country. As Army Chief of Staff, General Shinseki testified to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee that "something in the order of several hundred thousand soldiers" would probably be required for postwar Iraq. This was an estimate far higher than the figure being proposed by Secretary Rumsfeld in his invasion plan, and it was rejected in strong language by both Rumsfeld and his Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, who was another chief planner of the invasion and occupation.
From then on, Shinseki's influence on the Joint Chiefs of Staff reportedly waned. The end of his term of Army Chief of Staff came in June 2003, just three months after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and at that time General Shinseki retired from the Army after 38 years of military service.
- Birth Date:
- November 28, 1942
- Birthplace:
- Lihue, Territory of Hawaii
- University Attended:
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- United States Military Academy
- Duke University
- United States Army Command and General Staff College
- National War College
- Occupation:
- Soldier, Cabinet Secretary
- Allegiance:
- United States of America
- Title:
- 7th
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