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Shinseki to head VA

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Sat, 12/06/2008 - 10:45pm — lambert

Good. Why not reward somebody who was right, for once? Times:

President-elect Barack Obama has chosen retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki to be secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, elevating the former Army chief of staff, who was vilified by the Bush administration on the eve of the Iraq war for his warning that far more troops would be needed than the Pentagon had committed.

And bad:

Why not reward somebody who was right with a policy position, for once?

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Good

By Damon on Sun, 12/07/2008 - 2:38am

Such as...?

Though, I do agree that "I think we're going to need a bigger boat" wasn't a good policy position. lol

But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

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