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Shinseki promises to modernize VA
By Kimberly Hefling - The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jan 11, 2009 10:20:22 EST
Posted : Sunday Jan 11, 2009 10:20:22 EST
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs promises to modernize the nation’s second-largest agency and reopen health care to many middle-income veterans who didn’t qualify under the Bush administration.
Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki tells senators in prepared remarks that streamlining the backlogged disability claims system is a priority, as well as successfully implementing new GI benefits.
The former Army chief of staff says he will apply lessons he learned transforming the Army to a more mobile force to improving the VA.
Shinseki, 66, is the Army’s first Japanese-American four-star general. He retired from the Army in 2003 shortly after clashing with the Bush administration on war policy.
He’s expected to have a smooth confirmation.
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