On the recordDecember 6, 2008
We don't have to do our troops and our veterans a favor, we have a sacred trust to repay one.
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presidency.ucsb.edu“We don't have to do our troops and our veterans a favor, we have a sacred trust to repay one.”
Remarks by the President-Elect Announcing the Nomination of General Eric K. Shinseki as Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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