Nominee's Background:
General Shinseki assumed duties as the 34th Chief of Staff, United States Army, on 22 June 1999. Urged into retirement after urging the Bush administration to go after Al-Qaeda instead of Iraq, Shinseki later told a congressional committee that he thought an occupying force in the hundreds of thousands would be required to police postwar Iraq.
He was publically repudiated by Rumsfeld and the comb-licking Wolfowitz.
Shinseki graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He also holds a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature from Duke University. His military education includes the Armor Officer Advanced Course, the United States Army Command and General Staff College, and the National War College.
Shinseki service includes two combat-infantry tours of Vietnam. He has taught at the United States Military Academy's Department of English.
General Shinseki commanded the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, before he became the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army. In June 1997, General Shinseki was appointed to the rank of general before assuming duties as the Commanding General, United States Army Europe. He assumed duties as the 28th Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army on 24 November 1998.
General Shinseki has been awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Clusters), Bronze Star Medal with V Device (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Purple Heart (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), Army Achievement Medal, Parachutist Badge, Ranger Tab, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge, and the Army Staff Identification Badge.
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Progressive Criteria:
The Defense Department will:
Recognize that as the most powerful country, the US must lead in international cooperation;
Instill and preserve a high level of compliance with all treaties such as the Geneva conventions;
Remember that the USA is a signatory of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
Will not manage Defense as either a jobs or a corporate welfare program;
Work to restrain the international arms trade and reduce arms and nuclear proliferation;
In keeping with our desire for a world of law, will work to make sure that our armed forces get no preferential treatment such as immunity from the International Criminal Court or the land mines ban;
Strictly limit privatization and outsourcing of military duties.
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