Eric Shinseki
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"Eric Ken Shinseki" is a retired United States Army General (United States)/general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-2014). His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the United States Army/Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Stars for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was both the first Asian-American List of United States Army four-star generals/four-star general (1997) and then the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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The price for achieving that kind of readiness in our early deploying units has been to accept risk elsewhere in the force.

We're talking about post-hostilities control over a piece of geography that's fairly significant, with the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems.

Everybody gave a thumbs-up on that.

Sure, anytime a division commander reports C-4, we are concerned. We'll see what corrections need to be made.

That NCO has now been removed from his position, but Maj. Gen. Robert Clark, who commanded Fort Campbell and has now been promoted, was absolved of any blame.