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Eric Shinseki
U.S. Army general
Shinseki graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1965 with
a bachelor's degree. He earned an M.A. in English literature from Duke
University. He has also taken the Armor Officer Advanced Course and
attended the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War
College. He received two Purple Hearts and four Bronze Star Medals for his
service in Vietnam. He then served for more than ten years in Europe.
Shinseki was named a lieutenant general and deputy chief of staff for
operations and planning in 1996. The following year, he was promoted to
general, later being made commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, the allied
land forces in Central Europe, and the NATO force in Bosnia. In 1998 he
was named vice chief of staff of the army, and was chief of staff from
1999 until he retired in 2003. President-elect Barack Obama nominated
Shinseki as secretary of veterans affairs.
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