Politics

‘No Drama’ Obama Finally Takes Charge and Sacks Shinseki

Man on a Mission

As usual, the president waited too long to act. Meanwhile, let's judge Eric Shinseki on his entire record of service, not just this.

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It was clear Eric Shinseki had to resign, oh… two weeks ago, wasn’t it? All the mitigating realities—that GOP congresses cut funding for Veterans Affairs, that the VA always has big problems, that it did other good things on his watch, and so on—may be true.

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