of whom shinseki would be replaced with at the end of his term as army chief of staff but shinseki was allowed to serve his term. there's no question there was a lot of strains between rumsfeld and general shinseki and other members of the joint chiefs of staff, the feeling sidelined by rumsfeld he could be very overbearing, very domineering. but there are a number of four-star officers, and other officers who also are that way. it is a tough culture, and i think when you look closely as i try to do in this book at a number of the major decisions you can see that as much as rumsfeld is to blame for many things that went wrong there were a number of senior officers who could have done more to stand up, either stand up to him or also to be blamed for the misjudgments and miscalculations. >> host: you write about his wife and how many interviews did you have with her and what sort of advisory role did she have for dollar rumsfeld's courier? >> guest: i talked to her about five times, and she is a critical state your and rumsfeld's life. most important figure. they go back to high school w

asian americans and an energy secretary steven chu, gary locke, and veterans' affairs secretary eric shinseki. in closing, let us take a moment to recognize the contributions of the asian and pacific american community and celebrate such a rich cultural heritage by supporting house resolution 435. i continue to reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves e balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, i rise today in support of this important resolution recognizing asian pacific american heritage month. asian pacific american islanders play an important fabric of the life since the first japanese americans arrived on may 7, 1845. asian americans worked as coal miners and laborers. it's estimated that 14 million americans, if not more, can trace their ethnic heritage to asia or the pacific islands. establishing may as asian pacific american heritage month affords them the opportunity t

now, secretary shinseki and secretary gates announced that moving forward, they're going to merge the systems for the new people who enter the military, moving forward with the newer generation of our military men and women and our veterans, we're not going to have this problem, but for the millions who have served up to this point, it's not interoperable. they can't communicate with each other. mr. murphy: mr. altmire you know, scale it down. there are thousands of hospitals, some of which in the state of connecticut, that have competing systems even within their own hospitals that don't talk to each other. there are hospitals that have one record system, one electronic record system for their emergency room, and then one electronic medical records system for their inpatient unit. so the same thing that happens as you move from active service out to be part of the veterans health care system, works within a matter of days in a hospital setting when you come in and present to the e.d., you then aren't on the same record system when you move over to the inpatient unit. that's because w