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	Eric Shinseki - SourceWatch
		Shinseki was named a lieutenant general and deputy chief of staff for operations and planning in 1996.
		General Shinseki made clear that he was providing only his personal assessment of postwar needs, and that the final decision would be made by the commander of American forces in the region, Gen. Tommy R. Franks.
		Shinseki and Rumsfeld have had a famously frosty relationship, and several Army officials say that with Rumsfeld at the helm, the post of chief of staff is not exactly coveted.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Eric_Shinseki (1122 words)

	General Defends Rumsfeld, With a Caveat - New York Times
		General Myers's comment came with otherwise supportive words for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, who is facing calls to resign from several retired generals, some of whom were involved in the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
		General Shinseki, who commanded the NATO peacekeeping force in Bosnia, testified before Congress in February 2003 that peacekeeping operations in Iraq could require several hundred thousand troops, in part because it was a country with "the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems."
		General Myers, asked in the ABC interview whether he thought "it was a mistake not to follow the guidance of General Shinseki," responded that he did not.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/04/17/washington/17military.html?ei=5090&en=4828aa6a0ae87064&ex=1302926400&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print (1034 words)

	Jed Babbin on Military & Politics on National Review Online
		Shinseki is protected by a Democratic senator who may be grooming him to take over his own seat in the Senate in the next few years.
		Shinseki is not as smooth or attractive a candidate as Wesley Clark, but he may soon be a candidate nonetheless.
		Shinseki's successor as Army chief of staff was announced about a year ago, yet he remains at his desk, almost daring the administration to fire him.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-babbin030603.asp (1369 words)

	Ex-general defended on Iraq war estimates - Americas - International Herald Tribune
		WASHINGTON General Richard Myers, who retired six months ago as the top U.S. military officer, says that senior administration officials were wrong to publicly criticize a former army chief just before the invasion of Iraq for saying the mission could require a much larger force than was ultimately committed.
		But the interview also was the first time since his retirement that Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has weighed in on the administration's handling of the statement in 2003 by Shinseki.
		Shinseki, who commanded the NATO peacekeeping force in Bosnia, testified in Congress in February 2003 that peacekeeping operations in Iraq could require several hundred thousand troops, in part because it was a country with "the kinds of ethnic tensions that could lead to other problems."
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/04/17/news/generals.php (765 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		Shinseki frequently butted heads with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in arguments that represented the growing gulf between the civilian leadership of the armed forces, appointed by President George W Bush in 2001, and the career officers who worked their way up the chain of command.
		Shinseki drew fire from conservatives as being a holdover of the multilateralism of the [former President Bill] Clinton years, an approach to international conflict that, according to them, was failed and flawed.
		Shinseki, who was appointed by president Clinton in 1999 to a four-year term, argued that the army should be reconfigured to be more effective at peacekeeping operations and to be more flexible and versatile for the various types of collective actions facing an active and relevant United Nations.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FB13Ak01.html (2148 words)

	In From the Cold: The Generals' Revolt
		Many generals have known each other since they were captains or lieutenants; they've served in field units together, worked in the Pentagon together, and risen through the ranks together, often providing support and cover for members of their particular clique.
		Retired flag officers are a prototypical "good old boy" (and girl) network; they communicate frequently, share ideas, and they certainly know how the game in Washington is played, right down to a well-timed media offensive.
		Now in retirement, these former flag officers are eager to claim that the military is "stretched thin" in Iraq, but none have acknowledged their role in creating today's "undersized" force structure.
	formerspook.blogspot.com /2006/04/generals-revolt.html (2076 words)

	A Silent Cacophony: "General Shinseki was right"
		To further demonstrate his class, General Shinseki has refused to comment on the miserable conduct of the war in Iraq since he retired.
		That decision came after General Eric Shinseki, the army chief of staff at the time, told Congress that several hundred thousand troops would be needed.
		"General Shinseki was right that a greater international force contribution, U.S. force contribution and Iraqi force contribution should have been available immediately after major combat operations," Abizaid said.
	asilentcacophony.blogspot.com /2006/11/general-shinseki-was-right.html (405 words)

	General Shinseki Foresaw Iraq Problems - Topic Powered by eve community
		If we had gone into Iraq with General Shinseki's recommended troop levels, we could have secured all the weapons and ammunition being used for IED and sectarian attacks.
		General Shinseki does not see himself as a martyr and did not participate in the "General's Revolt" in June or at any later time.
		Paul D. Eaton, a retired Army major general, was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004.
	forums.military.com /eve/forums/a/tpc/f/672198221/m/4970000790001 (1450 words)

	Talk:Eric Shinseki - SourceWatch
		From rightist Robert Novak at townhall.com, June 2003: "As a yearlong lame duck when Rumsfeld unexpectedly announced Shinseki's retirement a year in advance, Shinseki never was able to convince the secretary that policy was outstripping capabilities." [1] Not quite the same as what's on the page...
		Since it appears more and more that General Shinseki was perfectly correct in his assessment, I am concerned that Rumsfeld (and maybe Bush) are attempting to cover up or hide a dangerous lie...that our political leaders are acting in a dangerous manner by shutting up truthful American leaders for their honesty.
		General Shinseki is a former commander of the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Talk:Eric_Shinseki (2085 words)

	Jed Babbin on Donald Rumsfeld & Pentagon on National Review Online
		Shinseki is the protégé of Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye, and as political as his mentor.
		Shinseki's retirement two months ago coincides nicely with the planned — but yet unannounced — retirement of Inouye at the end of his current term in 2004.
		In Shinseki's view, the Army was only meant to fight wars such as World War II in which massed armies met, or to engage in the feckless U.N. peacekeeping missions.
	www.nationalreview.com /babbin/babbin081403.asp (1596 words)

	US army chief retires
		General Eric K Shinseki, the United States Army chief, retired on Thursday, but not without kicking up a minor controversy.
		Gen Shinseki also backed former army secretary Thomas E White, who was forced into retirement earlier this year by Rumsfeld, to the hilt.
		Though he rose through the ranks as a commander of armoured units during the cold war era, he was also the army's expert on peacekeeping operations.
	www.rediff.com /us/2003/jun/12us.htm (408 words)

	Soldiering On
		For a four-star general concluding a brilliant career, it was a major breach of protocol.
		Shinseki could have parroted the party line, or hedged his answer to appear more neutral, but he didn't.
		Unhappy with Shinseki's support of the Crusader artillery system, Rumsfeld had taken the unprecedented step of naming the person who would be his replacement a full 14 months before the end of his term.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/86/shinseki.html (667 words)

	Penraker: Kerry, Shinseki, Shrum and What Can Only be Called "Official Campaign Lies"
		Shinseki and Rumsfeld did not get along from the start, and Shinseki was on his way out for a long time.
		Shinseki was the guy that had the idea of giving everyone in the army berets to wear.
		Shinseki wanted it because it would update the current system and make it more lethal, and Rumsfeld said we did not need to upgrade the cold war divisions, we needed to focus on entirely new organizations and systems.
	www.penraker.com /archives/000585.html (1327 words)

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	New Strategy Vindicates Ex-Army Chief Shinseki-NYTimes - Military Photos
		General Shinseki has kept a strict public silence since retiring in June 2003 and would often say to his associates, “I do not want to criticize while my soldiers are still bleeding and dying in Iraq.”
		The general, who throughout his career was known for his selfless, or at least self-effacing, bearing, did not go before Congress on that day in February 2003 planning to stir things up.
		General Shinseki was right, but his view as a highly trained and experienced commander were ignored by Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and the rest of the decision makers whose military experience is limited to say the least (I believe Rumsfeld was in the air force)
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=102254 (1396 words)

	The Blog \| Robert Schlesinger: Nancy Pelosi, the Shinseki Myth and things that really piss me off \| The Huffington Post
		Shinseki was sworn in as Army chief in June of 1999 and retired in June of 2003.
		General Shinseki had to retire in 2003 due to age limit of 60 for service anyway, which is why he had his retirement paperwork submitted.
		But, even if General Shinseki didn't fall under the 60 year age limit, in order to serve another term he would have had to have an extension approved for his service to continue on active duty as he was over 30 years, which the announcement of his replacement signaled would not have happened.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /robert-schlesinger/nancy-pelosi-the-shinsek_b_11532.html (2561 words)

	Eric K. Shinseki - Chief of Staff, US Army
		Grandma Shinseki, who turns 92 this year, has chosen not to travel and my sister, Yvonne, has remained at home with her.
		My name is Shinseki, and I am a Soldier - - an American Soldier, who was born in the midst of World War II, began his service in Vietnam 37 years ago, and retires today in the midst of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
		General Creighton Abrams reminded us that "Soldiering is an affair of the heart," and it's never been better to be a Soldier.
	www.army.mil /features/ShinsekiFarewell/farewellremarks.htm (2947 words)

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	The Washington Monthly
		General Shinseki, the Army chief of staff, told him [i.e., George Bush] he was going to need several hundred thousand [troops in Iraq].
		Rumsfeld disliked Shinseki, but it was mainly because of disagreements over weapons systems and Rumsfeld's view of "transformation," not troop strength for the Iraq war.
		General Shinseki was not tagged to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs (they generally try to spread it out among the branches and the Army had held it for quite a while, so it was the Air Force's turn), so he would have retired after his stint as Chief of Staff.
	www.washingtonmonthly.com /archives/individual/2004_10/004888.php (6638 words)

	Hard times ahead for U.S. Army
		Shinseki's passionate farewell address reflected the divide between the old Army brass and Rumsfeld.
		Shinseki and Rumsfeld were in continuous tension over how many troops were needed to pacify Afghanistan, to subdue Iraq and then occupy Iraq.
		Shinseki never was able to persuade the secretary that policy was outstripping capabilities.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article3896.htm (488 words)

	Forum: Department of Offense
		The retirement ceremony Wednesday of the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, in office for the past four years, put a national spotlight on a serious problem between Rumsfeld and the uniformed forces.
		Rumsfeld's bringing back an officer who retired three years ago, rather than choosing an active-duty officer, is to stick his fingers in the eyes of the active-duty military, suggesting that he considers none of them up to the job.
		Shinseki's sins, according to Rumsfeld, involved continuing to present his and his staff's assessments, whether they agreed with Rumsfeld's or not.
	www.post-gazette.com /forum/comm/20030615eddan156p2.asp (1159 words)

	Scorned general's tactics proved right \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		But for the past two years Gen Shinseki has been in total eclipse after what appears to have been the most spectacular bust-up with his civilian bosses, in particular Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.
		Hardly any of this the reached public domain until last month when Gen Shinseki told a congressional committee that he thought an occupying force in the hundreds of thousands would be required to police postwar Iraq.
		The general wanted a new kind of army, one that could combine the adaptability of light infantry and the power of heavily mechanised forces.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,925140,00.html (918 words)

	General Defends Army Chief Who Spoke Out
		Richard B. Myers, who retired six months ago as the nation's top military officer, said today that senior administration officials had been wrong to publicly criticize the former Army chief just before the invasion of Iraq for saying the mission could require a much larger force than was ultimately committed.
		General Myers's remarks today were focused on the criticism of General Shinseki, and not on the substance of his comments about troop levels in Iraq.
		Shinseki had estimated because the Iraqis would welcome the Americans and because the country had no history of ethnic strife and was unlike Bosnia.
	fairuse.100webcustomers.com /fairenough/nyt163.html (778 words)

	G2mil magazine
		The other challenge for Army Generals is getting "their share" of each year's defense budget when the Army has a surplus of the most modern equipment in the world.
		Two years ago, General Shinseki presented a plan to form several medium-weight brigades to be airlifted overseas and into combat within 96 hours; "fort to foxhole" was the sales pitch, along with a "goal" of landing an entire medium division within 5 days.
		To counter this criticism, Shinseki arranged for testing alternative platforms, which proved the LAV is less mobile off-road than the M113, and too heavy for helicopter transport or C-130 transport to dirt airfields.
	www.g2mil.com /Sept2001.htm (1802 words)

	New Strategy Vindicates Ex-Army Chief Shinseki - New York Times
		But the president’s new strategy, with its explicit acknowledgment that not enough troops had been sent to Iraq to establish control, was a vindication for General Shinseki, who as Army chief of staff publicly told Congress as much just before the war began in 2003.
		Former aides to the general said his estimate summarized back-of-the-envelope calculations but had been based on experiences as a commander in postwar Bosnia, where the United States sent 50,000 troops to quiet five million people, a population one-fifth that of Iraq.
		General Shinseki was not fired for his comments, but his influence as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certainly was never the same.
	www.nytimes.com /2007/01/12/washington/12shinseki.html?ei=5090&en=a96299dea2e1fef2&ex=1326258000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print (1075 words)

	Army chief pick shows Rumsfeld's new focus - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The pick is viewed as a slap at the current roster of Army four-star and three-star generals vying for the service's top post, because defense secretaries do not usually reach outside the ranks of current active-duty officers to pick a chief of staff.
		Gen. Shinseki retires from the service today, after 38 years on active duty, including combat duty in Vietnam and peacekeeping in the Balkans.
		Retired Army Gen. George Joulwan, a former NATO commander, said the choice of Gen. Schoomaker signals the direction of the Army under Mr.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20030611-120116-9113r.htm (935 words)

	Army troops, budget stretched to the limit (9/8/03)
		Shinseki was eventually succeeded not by an active-duty general from the conventional Army - three of whom declined the job - but by retired Gen. Peter Schoomaker, who has a Special Forces background.
		Shinseki's departure was followed by a house-cleaning of three-star generals whom he had groomed.
		Retired Army Col. Richard Hart Sinnreich taught at West Point and wrote some of the key Army doctrinal manuals in the 1980s.
	www.govexec.com /dailyfed/0903/090803nj1.htm (4310 words)

	Eric Shinseki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eric Ken Shinseki (born November 28, 1942 in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii) is a retired United States Army General and served as the 34th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1999 - 2003).
		He is the first Asian-American four-star general in U.S. history, as well as the first Asian American to lead one of the four U.S. military services.
		ABIZAID: General Shinseki was right that a greater international force contribution, U.S. force contribution, and Iraqi force contribution should have been available immediately after major combat operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Retirement_of_General_Shinseki (2561 words)

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