Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the Veterans Administration, sixth from left, joins Gov. Bill Ritter, fifth from left, and a host of local and state officials in breaking ground during a ceremony for a state-of-the-art veterans medical center to be completed by September 2013 in Aurora, Colo. , on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. State and federal officials attended the groundbreaking for the facility, which will serve veterans from throughout the interior West. AP Photo logo AP Photo 30 months ago

Eric Shinseki, Secretary of the Veterans Administration, sixth from left, joins Gov. Bill Ritter, fifth from left, and a host of local and state officials in breaking ground during a ceremony for a state-of-the-art veterans medical center to be completed by September 2013 in Aurora, Colo. , on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. State and federal officials attended the groundbreaking for the facility, which will serve veterans from throughout the interior West.

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