Obama picked Shinseki for Sec of Veteran's Affairs

[SoCalDem]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki

more recent articles by or about him

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=in&ned=us&q=shinseki&btnG=Search+News

[EFerrari]

1. Really? Is there a report yet?

[Pirate Smile]

2. CNN just reported it.

I think the anchor said AP was reporting it but I'm not 100% sure. He was reading it straight from the wire it appeared.

[SoCalDem]

3. CNN just "breaking News-ed" it..n/t

[EFerrari]

4. Excellent!

:woohoo:

[Captain Hilts]

5. Yaaaaay - the guy the Bush Admin DIDN't listen to on Iraq. And dissed by not attending...

his retirement ceremony.

[napi21]

6. I like him, but I was really hoping for Cleland if he felt up to it. n/t

[SoCalDem]

27. I think there will be a place for Cleland in the admin, if he wants it.

Cleland is not as young as he used to be, and his health may not be up to the rigors..

[Pirate Smile]

7. Think Progress:FLASHBACK: Five Years Ago, Wolfowitz And Rumsfeld Were ‘Off The Mark’ On Troop Levels

FLASHBACK: Five Years Ago, Wolfowitz And Rumsfeld Were ‘Off The Mark’ On Troop Levels»

In the run-up to war in Iraq in early 2003, General Eric Shinseki testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that it would take “several hundred thousand soldiers” to secure Iraq:

I would say that what’s been mobilized to this point, something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers, are probably, you know, a figure that would be required. 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.

Just two days later — and exactly five years ago today — then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz, swiftly and infamously dismissed Shinseki’s assessment:

Rumsfeld: What is, I think reasonably certain, is the idea that it would take several hundred thousand U.S. forces, I think, is far from the mark. <2/27/03>

Wolfowitz: But some of the higher-end predictions that we have been hearing recently, such as the notion that it will take several hundred thousand U.S. troops to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq, are wildly off the mark. First, it’s hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself and to secure the surrender of Saddam’s security forces and his army. Hard to imagine. <2/27/03>

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/27/wolfowitz-shinseki/

[Warren Stupidity]

8. Shinseki

[EFerrari]

9. Nice post, Dr. Johnson.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. I was trying to figure out who this skin guy was

was it the porn site Mr Skin?

[EFerrari]

14. You want me to rat out SoCalDem?

:)

[SoCalDem]

16. ahahahahhahaa.. I just fixed it.. I am a shitty typist :)

and that's the truth :)

[EFerrari]

17. I hope you remember my loyalty.

:rofl:

[SoCalDem]

21. Your check is in the mail

:)

[Jane Austin]

11. Wow!

A general to shape up the VA! That's genius!

And to remember one who was so badly treated by BushCo, too.

Yay!

[SoCalDem]

15. I would love to see a BUNCH of the "retired" generals brought back in..

I bet a LOT of those guys really HATED to have to retire, and would love to be back in:)

[annabanana]

26. But not the media Bush apologists that have been posing as "analysts"

while they were raking in big bucks as military contractors

[malaise]

12. Good news

K & R

[Catch22Dem]

13. Solid pick (n/t)

[Sherman A1]

18. Agreed

:toast:

[rvablue]

19. This is an awesome pick...........n/t

[Hekate]

20. Brilliant choice. Shinseki is an honorable warrior--and another Hawaiian. Yay!

I was struck quite awhile ago that out of such a tiny state the US managed to get at least 3 outstanding leaders for this time: Obama, Shinseki, and Taguba.

Mahalo nui loa.

Hekate

[EFerrari]

22. Truly a turnout to be proud of!

:applause:

[Forkboy]

23. Anyone with a whole Wiki section entitled "Tensions with Rumsfeld while Chief of the Army"....

....can't be all bad. :)

[EFerrari]

24. This is payback we can believe in.

lol

[bleever]

25. Awesome.

[leftofthedial]

28. great pick

:thumbsup: