Eric Shinseki

S. Prior to Shinseki implementing this policy only the United States Rangers could wear the black beret. Shinseki publicly claEric Shinsekid with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during the planning of the war in Iraq over how many troops the United States would need to keep in Iraq for the postwar occupation of that country.

S. His final U. Army post was as the 34th Chief of Staff of the Army (1999–2003).