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Shinseki Vows To Overhaul VA

by Mary Louise Kelly, NPR
January 14, 2009

Retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, has promised to modernize the agency. Shinseki appeared Wednesday before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee at his confirmation hearing.

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