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About Eric Shinseki, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Shinseki
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 both the first Asian-American four-star general (1997) and then the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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November 28, 1942
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Līhuʻe, Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
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