officer made a big, unwieldy public promise. ladies and gentlemen, my name is shinseki, and i am here to end veteran homelessness. [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you. thank you. thank you. well, sounds like all of you are here for the same reason, so that s great. let s talk. general eric shinseki, secretary of veterans affairs, speaking on november 3rd, 2009, addressing a national summit of veterans and veterans service providers to talk about ending the problem of u.s. military veterans being homeless, which kind of sounds like the equivalent of a summit on world peace, right? or trying to end illness or something. i mean, it s a goal that nobody could quibble with, but it s the impossible project, right? i mean, how could a problem that
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[ daughter ] oh, yeah. okay, this is a good news story. it is news, news, it s not just a human interest thing, but it is legitimately really good news, almost unbelievably good news. all right, as you know, on november 4th, 2008, barack obama was elected president of the united states. november 4th, 2008. 364 days later, on november 3rd, 2009, the obama cabinet secretary, who the new president put in charge of the single largest agency in the u.s. government other than the military itself, that cabinet officer made a big, unwieldy public promise. ladies and gentlemen, my name is shinseki, and i am here to end veteran homelessness. [ cheers and applause ] thank you.