According to Talking Points Memo, Obama has asked a fellow Hawaiian, retired General Eric Shinseki, to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Shinseki has agreed.
You will remember Gen. Shinseki as the man who testified before Congress that winning a war with the Iraqi Army would not be the end of the story -- that controlling the country afterward would be the hard part. And he went the way of most honest people in the Bush Administration: OUT.
What the VA needs right now is a respected leader who will be an effective advocate. He's got respect. Let's hope he's effective.
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