Eric Shinseki

🇺🇸United States

Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States secretary of veterans affairs from 2009 to 2014 and as the 34th chief of staff of the Army from 1999 to 2003. Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

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1942 – Present

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Born in: Līhuʻe
Educated at: United States Military AcademyNational War CollegeDuke UniversityUnited States Army Command and General Staff CollegeKauai High School
Awards: 🏆 Purple Heart🏆 Bronze Star Medal🏆 Air Medal🏆 Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

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