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Eric Ken Shinseki (/ ʃ ɪ n ˈ s ɛ k i /; Japanese: 新関 健, romanized: Shinseki Ken, born 28 November 1942) is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) and the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). [3]
By JULIE PACE and PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday in a personal meeting with President Barack Obama, shortly after ...
On May 16, 2014, the Veterans Health Administration's top health official, Dr. Robert Petzel, retired early at the request of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. [6] [7] On May 30, 2014, Secretary Shinseki resigned from office amid the fallout from the controversy.
Gen. Eric Shinseki, chief of staff of the Army, swears in Gen. Jack Keane as the 29th vice chief of staff of the Army on June 22, 1999. The senior leadership of the U.S. Department of the Army consists of two civilians, the secretary of the Army and the under secretary of the Army, as well as two commissioned officers, the Army Chief of Staff and the Army Vice Chief of Staff.
The Eric Shinseki Stock Index From January 2008 to December 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Eric Shinseki joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -46.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -38.5 percent return from the S&P 500.
1999: Eric Shinseki becomes the first Asian American four-star general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army. [70] 2009: Eric Shinseki becomes the first Asian American United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. [70] 2015: Harry Harris Jr. becomes the first Asian-American to command the U.S. Pacific Command . [71] [72]
Eric Shinseki: Hawaii: January 20, 2009 May 30, 2014 5 years, 130 days Barack Obama (2009–2017) – Sloan D. Gibson Acting: Alabama: May 30, 2014 July 30, 2014 61 days 8: Bob McDonald: Ohio: July 30, 2014 January 20, 2017 2 years, 174 days – Robert Snyder Acting: West Virginia: January 20, 2017 February 14, 2017 25 days Donald Trump (2017 ...
The plan was first proposed in 1999 by Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki but was bitterly opposed internally by the Army. [2] Origin and initial design