Eric Shinseki

Spring 2018 Commencement | First Asian American 4-star general and former Secretary for Veteran’s Affairs
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki introduces the president and CEO of Sesame Workshop and Sesame Street's Elmo and Rosita, during the Pentagon screening of a Sesame Street special, Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change, at the Pentagon, March 18, 2009. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, has spent the past two years creating outreach materials to help military families with young children cope with deployments, homecomings and changes. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released)
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Eric Shinseki

[/av_textblock] [av_image src=’http://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/wp-content/uploads/Headshot-Shinseki.gif’ attachment=’478′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=’circle’ hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-11tm53′][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-w1cgf’] Eric Shinseki, born on Kauai, is a decorated war veteran who became the first Asian-American four-star general in the United States. He served as Army Chief of Staff from 1999-2003 and Secretary for Veteran’s Affairs from 2009-2014.
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Serving Veterans
College Hill, May 14, 2018, 6:00 p.m.

UH Foundation Photo Album of General Shinseki’s Presentation
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