Richard Myers - Chain of Command

Why did Richard Myers make a point of excluding himself as a member of the much-noted “chain of command”? I suppose he is right, but it seemed like an odd thing to say given that everyone is wondering how high up the “chain of command” this scandal goes; and especially since we have been promised to punish people all the way up the chain.
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And we got to take just a second and flip that chain of command and we got to look up. And the secretary mentioned the president came to the Pentagon this week. And I'll tell you what. As you look up the chain of command -- and as you know, I'm not in it, I'm an adviser off to the side, but I interact with the chain of command as a military adviser to the National Security Council, to the president, to the secretary. As you look up at our chain of command, you couldn't have better leadership in providing us the direction, the resources and sometimes -- and the strategic vision that we need to make a difference in this world. And I'm talking about our Secretary of Defense and our Commander in Chief.

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