Eric Shinseki Quotes


You must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader. You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.


Citations

Eric Shinseki, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Quoted in Pat Williams, Karen Kingsbury, "Forever Young: Ten Gifts of Faith for the Graduate", 2005

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Eric Shinseki
Eric Shinseki
  • Born: November 28, 1942
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Soldier

Eric Ken Shinseki is a retired United States Army general who served as the seventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009–2014). His final United States Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003). Shinseki is a veteran of two tours of combat in the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded three Bronze Star Medals for valor and two Purple Hearts. He was the first Asian-American four-star general, and the first Asian-American Secretary of Veterans Affairs.