Eric Shinseki
Eric Shinseki
Eric Ken Shinsekiis a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. His final U.S. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army. 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 four-star generaland then the Secretary of Veterans Affairs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth28 November 1942
CityLihue, HI
CountryUnited States of America
The price for achieving that kind of readiness in our early deploying units has been to accept risk elsewhere in the force.