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Sen. Bill Nelson's Comment on Gen. Shinseki

Press Release

Date: May 30, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Entitlements and the Safety Net Veterans Health and Health Care

Gen. Shinseki announced his resignation today after meeting with the president. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) is a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and has known the general for a number of years. He's also been been an outspoken advocate for veterans. Following is his comment:

"He did the right thing, and he's putting his country first. This is a strong, patriotic general who stood up to Donald Rumsfeld about the length of time that we were going to have to be in Iraq. Now that he resigned, we can get on. There ought to be a lot of heads rolling, because there is something in the culture of the VA that is not responding to serve our veterans the very best that they deserve."


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