Veteran's Affairs nominee hearing

The Senate is moving forward on confirmation hearings for President-elect Obama's Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department cabinet positions. Today, FSRN takes a look at the nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, General Eric Shinseki. Shinseki would take over a department plagued with challenges and an increasing number of veterans returning from war. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports.

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