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UPDATE: SHINSEKI TAKES OATH OF OFFICE AS
VA
SECRETARY -- It's time to get new Public Affairs
people as VA press release makes Shinseki
sound like a clone of the previous Secretary.
Good grief! It's more of the same!
NOTE TO GEN. SHINSEKI: Sir, we know that
you know how to speak to the troops. So, please do so. In
plain talk we all understand, Sir. Get rid of the Public Affairs
flacks who make every press release sound like the previous press release,
and who are making you sound like the previous VA Secretary. I
really doubt you said anything about "21st century" healthcare or
benefits, a line you can read in virtually every VA press release since
the turn of the century. Tell us what's on your mind, Sir. We
deserve no less.
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VA press release here...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/09/vap09/vap012109-1.htm
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Shinseki Sworn In, Vows 21st
Century Service to Veterans
January 21, 2009
WASHINGTON -- Retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki took the oath of office
today as the Nation's seventh Secretary of Veterans Affairs, assuming the
leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs following Tuesday's
confirmation by the Senate.
"The overriding challenge I am addressing from my first day in office is
to make the Department of Veterans Affairs a 21st century organization
focused on the Nation's Veterans as its clients," Shinseki said.
Shinseki plans to develop a 2010 budget within his first 90 days that
realizes the vision of President Obama to transform VA into an
organization that is people-centric, results-driven and forward-looking.
 Key
issues on his agenda include smooth activation of an enhanced GI Bill
education benefit that eligible Veterans can begin using next fall,
streamlining the disability claims system, leveraging information
technology to accelerate and modernize services, and opening VA's health
care system to Veterans previously unable to enroll in it, while
facilitating access for returning Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans.
Shinseki, a former Army Chief of Staff, takes the reins of a
284,000-employee organization delivering health care and financial
benefits to millions of Veterans and survivors under a $98 billion budget
authorized this year through networks of regional benefits offices and
health care facilities from coast to coast.
Born in 1942 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Shinseki graduated from the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., in 1965. He served two combat
tours and was wounded in action in Vietnam. He served with distinction in
Europe, the Pacific and stateside, eventually becoming the Army's senior
leader from June 1999 to June 2003.
Retired from military service in August 2003, Shinseki's military
decorations include three Bronze Stars and two Purple Hearts.
Shinseki succeeds Dr. James B. Peake as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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posted by Larry Scott
Founder and Editor
VA Watchdog dot Org
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