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Very Clever and Good Idea

by Josh Marshall
12.06.08 | 4:52 pm

Obama to tap Shinseki as VA Secretary.

Shinseki, remember, was the Army Chief of Staff forced into early retirement by Bush and Rumsfeld for not lying to Congress about how many troops it would take to win the peace in Iraq.

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