Vice-Chairman of Joint Chiefs also to be replaced (Cartwright replaces Giambastiani)

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/citing-politics-gates-will-not-seek-to-retain-top-pentagon-officers-2007-06-08.html

Citing politics, Gates will not seek to retain top Pentagon officers
By Roxana Tiron
June 08, 2007


Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is replacing the chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after heeding warnings from lawmakers that the current officers would go through a difficult renomination process amid debate over the war in Iraq.

Gates acknowledged he would have liked to nominate both Gen. Peter Pace and Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, the current chairman and vice chairman, but both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill advised him that the duo would face what Gates called a “contentious ordeal” focused on the past rather than the future.

If confirmed, Adm. Mike Mullen, the Navy chief and the most senior of all service chiefs, will replace Pace while Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, the head of Strategic Command, will take Giambastiani’s slot. Both Pace and Giambastiani will retire.

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[Shipwack]

1. Interesting, but does it really matter?

Any member of the Joint Chiefs is guilty aiding and abbeting a drunken war criminal. They have no honor and are a disgrace to the uniform of their respective services. I'm willing to bet that Pace will get his rewards for being the gutless lap dog that he is, a nice cushy job at some neo-con think-tank (or Fox) in return for licking the hands of the PNACers.

I find it interesting, though, that even the Republicans are seeing that anyone even associated with the stinking albatross of Iraq is dead before arrival.

Thanks for posting this, BabylonSister!

[babylonsister]

2. NAh, I guess it doesn't matter, I just hadn't seen this tidbit before.

And you're welcome!

[Nikki Stone1]

3. A real changing of the guard today

:kick: and R

[BuyingThyme]

4. Hmmm.. This seems like a great time for Gonzo to step down.

There must be something coming later today.