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Became the 34th U.S. Army Chief of Staff on 22 June 1999, and Secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department on 20 January 2009.<p> Shinseki is probably best known for his estimate before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, that "something in the order of several hundred thousand soldiers" would be required to maintain order in post-war Iraq. Shinseki's estimate was openly ridiculed by undersecretary <a href="/people/290/000023221/">Paul Wolfowitz</a> in Congressional testimony as being "wildly off the mark", and Secretary of Defense <a href="/people/634/000023565/">Donald Rumsfeld</a> decided that a much smaller force would be adequate.<p> University: BS, United States Military Academy (1965)<br> University: <a href="/edu/510/000068306/">MA English, Duke University</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/259/000110926/">National War College</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/703/000051550/">US Secretary of Veterans' Affairs</a> (2009-14)<br> <a href="/gov/604/000172088/">US Army Chief of Staff</a> (1999-2003)<br> <a href="/gov/005/000127621/">US Defense Department</a> Army Vice Chief of Staff (1998-99)<br> <a href="/gov/005/000127621/">US Defense Department</a> Commanding General, US Army Europe (1997-98)<br> <a href="/gov/005/000127621/">US Defense Department</a> Army Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans (1996-97)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/082/000124707/">BancWest</a> <br> Member of the Board of <u>Ducommun, Inc.</u> <br> Member of the Board of <u>First Hawaiian Bank</u> <br> Member of the Board of <u>Grove Farm Company, Inc.</u> <br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/639/000062453/">Guardian Life</a> (2006-)<br> Member of the Board of <a href="/company/856/000052700/">Honeywell</a> (2003-)<br> <a href="/org/674/000061491/">Atlantic Council</a> Director<br> <a href="/honors/288/000043159/">Air Medal</a> <br> <a href="/honors/280/000043151/">Bronze Star</a> "V" device, 2 oak leaf clusters<br> <a href="/honors/282/000043153/">Distinguished Service Medal</a> <br> <a href="/honors/284/000043155/">Legion of Merit</a> oak leaf cluster<br> <a href="/honors/287/000043158/">Meritorious Service Medal</a> <br> <a href="/honors/279/000043150/">Purple Heart</a> oak leaf cluster<br> <a href="/event/957/000347913/">Shrapnel Injury</a> mortar round, shoulder and chest (Apr-1966)<br> <a href="/event/661/000088397/">Plane Crash</a> helicopter (Sep-1966)<br> <a href="/event/957/000347913/">Shrapnel Injury</a> landmine, right foot (1970)<br> <a href="/lists/593/000044461/">Japanese Ancestry</a> <br> <p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31587"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=31587">Eric Shinseki</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=31587" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>