http://ericshinseki.org Eric Shinseki, Barack Obama's designee for Secretary of Veterans Affairs Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:53:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced Dec. 30 that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected the Frazier International History Museum in Louisville, Ky., as the new home of the Bloedner Monument, the nation’s oldest Civil War memorial. The Bloedner Monument was removed from Cave Hill National Cemetery ... http://ericshinseki.org/2010/01/va-selects-permanent-location-for-historic-civil-war-monument/ VA Secretary Eric Shinseki will join three other Cabinet Secretaries in hosting a rural health community forum today in St. John Parish, La., to share information about the federal government's efforts to rebuild and revitalize rural America, announced the Department of Veteran Affairs in a press release today. This is the ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/07/sec-shinseki-and-other-top-obama-administration-officials-hold-rural-health-community-forum/ The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) met today for the first time under the Obama Administration. U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki chaired the meeting, at which U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan was elected rotating Chair for the upcoming year and U.S. ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/06/interagency-council-on-homelessness-meets/ The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced President Obama's 2010 budget for VA. The budget emphasizes a Veteran-centric commitment to expanded services with a 15.5 percent increase over 2009, the largest percentage increase for VA requested by a president in more than 30 years. "Our 2010 budget represents the President's ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/05/president-obamas-2010-spending-plan-initiates-transformation-for-va-services/ My name is Ric Shinseki, and I am a Veteran. For me, serving as Secretary of Veterans Affairs is a noble calling. It provides me the opportunity to give back to those who served with and for me during my 38 years in uniform and those on whose shoulders we ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/03/open-letter-to-veterans-from-sec-shinseki/ President Obama's first proposed budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expands eligibility for health care to an additional 500,000 deserving Veterans over the next five years, meets the need for continued growth in programs for the combat Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and provides the resources to deliver ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/02/presidents-2010-budget-request-strongly-supports-va-programs-funding-plan-improves-access-modernizes-technology/ The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and its 150,000 members in the VA are eager to work with the secretary to meet the many challenges facing the department, said the organization in a press release today. The VA currently provides health care for 5.5 million veterans, processes disability compensation payments ... http://ericshinseki.org/2009/01/american-federation-of-government-employees-congratulates-shinseki/