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President-elect Obama's Cabinet appointments are sending a powerful signal that change is on the way. His choice to run Veterans Affairs, retired general Eric Shinseki, was a brave critic of the Iraq war and is a staunch advocate for wounded vets. His pick for Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Shawn Donovan, has presided over a huge expansion of affordable housing in New York City. And his nominee for Energy Secretary, Stephen Chu (announced Monday), is a Nobel-winning physicist who preaches the gospel of efficiency. It's hard to imagine a starker contrast with their counterparts...
...Beware a 12-division strategy for a 10-division army" - Shinseki criticizing the Bush administration's Iraq war strategy during his retirement ceremony...
...asked my Grandma Shinseki what I should say before I came here. She told me, 'tell them you come from a good family...and tell them you're a good American soldier.'"- Shinseki at the 2006 opening of a gallery in his honor at the U.S. Army Museum in Hawaii...
...want to criticize while my soldiers are still bleeding and dying in Iraq."- Shinseki on keeping a low profile after retiring from his Army Chief of Staff post...
...think of no higher responsibility than ensuring that the men and women that who have served out nation in uniform are treated with the care and respect that they have earned."- Shinseki accepting his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs...