Pace Expected to Stay Joint Chiefs Chair (if confirmed by the Senate)

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070510/pace-joint-chiefs

Pace Expected to Stay Joint Chiefs Chair

LOLITA C. BALDOR | AP | May 10, 2007 08:37 PM EST


WASHINGTON — President Bush is expected to nominate Marine Gen. Peter Pace to serve a second two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, maintaining Pace's leadership during the increasingly unpopular Iraq war.

The move would keep Pace as one of the top two military leaders for eight years _ longer than anyone else has served as chairman and vice chairman of the joint staff, since the post was first filled in 1949.

A senior defense official, who requested anonymity because the announcement had not yet been made, said it was not clear when the decision would be made public. The position requires Senate approval.

Pace's renomination also requires at least two waivers. One is because he will have served more than six years combined as chairman and vice chairman of the joint staff; the second would allow him to continue to serve on active duty beyond age 62. The Vietnam War veteran will turn 62 in November.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Don't approve him

[babylonsister]

3. I'm hoping the Dems think long and hard about this myself. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. "Things are going very, very, well in Iraq" Gen. Peter Patch

He said that about 1 year ago.

However, like most brass in high positions, his ass-kissing qualifications are unparalleled.