President Barack Obama Name Eric Shinseki Preceded by Dennis Reimer | Succeeded by Robert A. McDonald Preceded by James Peake Nationality American | |
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Deputy Scott Gould
Sloan Gibson President Bill Clinton
George W. Bush Role Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Spouse Patricia Shinseki (m. 1965) Previous office United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014) Children Lori Shinseki, Ken Shinseki Education United States Military Academy (1965) Similar People Barack Obama, Sloan D Gibson, Shaun Donovan, Kathleen Sebelius, Rob Nabors | ||
Eric shinseki resigns as united states secretary of veterans affairs
Eric Ken Shinseki (; born November 28, 1942) is a retired United States Army 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 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 the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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- Eric shinseki resigns as united states secretary of veterans affairs
- Call of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki
- Early life and education
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Call of veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki
Early life and education
Shinseki was born in Lihue, Kauaʻi, in the then Territory of Hawaii, to an American family of Japanese ancestry. His grandparents emigrated from Hiroshima to Hawaii in 1901. He grew up in a sugarcane plantation community on Kaua'i and graduated from Kaua'i High and Intermediate School in 1960. While attending Kaua'i he was active in the Boy Scouts and served as class president. As a boy, Shinseki learned that three of his uncles had served in the 442nd Infantry Regiment, a unit of Japanese Americans that became one of the most decorated fighting units in United States history. Motivated by his uncles' example, he attended the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree and a commission as a second lieutenant. He earned a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Duke University. He was also educated at the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College of National Defense University.
