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Senator Barack Obama

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• Obama takes Shinseki for Cabinet, sources say  CNN - 31 minutes ago President-elect Barack Obama will nominate retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, two Democratic sources said Saturday.



• Obama banking on large-scale public works project  AP via Yahoo! News - 44 minutes ago  President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that he wants to revive the economy and create jobs by upgrading roads, schools and energy efficiency in a public-works program whose scale has been unseen since construction of the interstate highway system in the 1950s.



• Obama picks Shinseki for veterans affairs  Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago  U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.



• Obama to nominate ex-general Shinseki to head Veterans Affairs  AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago  Barack Obama is to nominate retired army general Eric Shinseki to head the Department of Veteran Affairs, the president-elect said in a TV interview to be broadcast Sunday.



• Obama picks general to lead veterans affairs  Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago  Barack Obama has selected retired Gen. Eric Shinseki, who clashed with the Bush administration over the number of troops needed in Iraq, to be the next secretary of veterans affairs.

His parents separated when he was 2 years old and eventually divorced. He returned to Hawaii at the age of ten, graduating from high school in 1979 while living with his grandparents. He transferred to Columbia University, graduating in 1983 with a B. degree in political science specializing in international relations. He married Michele Robinson in 1992 and is the father of two daughters, Malia Ann and Natasha.