Bush Likely to Tap Marine to Head Military

emad

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Wed Apr-20-05 10:13 AM
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Bush Likely to Tap Marine to Head Military

Bush Likely to Tap Marine to Head Military

Wednesday April 20, 2005 4:01 PM

By ROBERT BURNS

AP Military Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has recommended to President Bush that he nominate Marine Gen. Peter Pace to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior official said Wednesday.

Bush was expected to announce his choice soon, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Pace, 59, currently the Joint Chiefs vice chairman, would be the first Marine to hold the top job in the military. The Joint Chiefs chairman is the senior uniformed adviser to the president and the secretary of defense.

It is widely expected that Bush will name Navy Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, Jr., to succeed Pace as vice chairman. Giambastiani, 56, was Rumsfeld's senior military assistant before being named commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command in 2002.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4950946,00.html

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Roland99

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Wed Apr-20-05 10:16 AM
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1. I bet he'd like to "tap" him!

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Prodemsouth

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Wed Apr-20-05 01:13 PM
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3. Haha..Is it Jeff "Gannon"? I overheard one gay guy

say to a friend in a restaurant once: Marines make great "bottoms". I guess we know now what Bush is now.

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liberal N proud

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Wed Apr-20-05 10:21 AM
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2. Let's see someone getting promoted in the bu$h regime

What fuck up is Peter Pace accountable for?
Or in the bu$h white house Not Accountable for.

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Thu Apr-21-05 07:40 AM
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4. kick to combine

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NVMojo

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Thu Apr-21-05 07:41 AM
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5. Rumsfeld backs Marine Corps Gen. Robert Pace to head Joint Chiefs of Staff

08:35 AM EDT Apr 21
ROBERT BURNS

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has recommended Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a senior official said Wednesday.

President George W. Bush was expected to announce his choice shortly, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Pace, 59, currently the Joint Chiefs vice-chairman, would be the first marine to hold the top job in the military. The joint chiefs chairman is the senior uniformed adviser to the president and the secretary of defence.

It is widely expected that Bush will name Admiral Edmund Giambastiani to succeed Pace as vice-chairman. Giambastiani, 56, was Rumsfeld's senior military assistant before being named commander of U.S. Joint Forces Command in 2002.

If confirmed by the Senate, Pace would succeed air force Gen. Richard Myers, who is scheduled to retire late this summer after four years as chairman.

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http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050420/w042046.html

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