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Analysis: Shinseki exit breaks Obama’s crisis mold

By Jim Kuhnhenn
Published May 31, 2014 3:06pm ET
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Analysis: Shinseki exit breaks Obama’s crisis mold
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki is seated before speaking at a meeting of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Friday, May 30, 2014, in Washington. The president said Friday that Shinseki is resigning amid widespread troubles with veterans' health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) | Charles Dharapak

WASHINGTON (AP) — This was not in the Barack Obama playbook.

The resignation of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki on Friday did not follow the usual arc of a crisis in the Obama administration.

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