Dem officials: Shinseki to be named VA secretary

Sunday, December 7, 2008

WASHINGTON -- 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.

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