So, who is Peter Pace and why was he fired? Bio Box + more

[EFerrari]

Peter Pace Bio Box



By The Associated Press 33 minutes ago

NAME: Peter Pace.


AGE-BIRTHDATE: 61; Nov. 5, 1945; New York City.

EDUCATION: U.S. Naval Academy, 1967; master's degree in business administration from George Washington University; attended National War College, 1985-86.

EXPERIENCE: chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, September 2005-present; vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, October 2001-August 2005; commander, U.S. Southern Command, 2000-01; commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic, 1997-2000; deputy commander/chief of staff, U.S. Forces-Japan, 1994; commanding officer, 2nd battalion, 1st Marines, 1983-85; operations officer, 2nd battalion, 5th Marines, Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1976; Rifle platoon leader and assistant operations officer, Vietnam, 1968-69.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070608/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/bio_box_pace_1

Pace Out As Joint Chiefs Chairman
Gen. Peter Pace, the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is being replaced.

Video and slideshow at link: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/13468447/detail.html?rss=den&psp=news

WASHINGTON(AFP) - General Peter Pace, who is stepping down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was a central military figure in US wars from
Afghanistan to
Iraq over the past six years.


General Pace: a career marked by Iraq war

The first Marine to be appointed to the highest military post in the United States, he walked in lock step with former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld as he sought to reshape the military while waging wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Just weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks rocked the United States, dramatically repainting the global geo-political landscape, Pace was appointed as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stafff.

It was a post that put him squarely inside the inner circle of the White House administration as the country struggled to find an adequate response to the threat of Islamic militants.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070608/pl_afp/usdefensemilitarypace_070608185150

Pace retires as Joints Chiefs chair; Mullen tapped

By Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates Friday recommended Navy Adm. Mike Mullen to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Marine Gen. Peter Pace and denying Pace a second term in the post.

Mullen, Gates said, has the "vision strategic insight and integrity to lead America's armed forces." Mullen has been the chief of naval operations since July 2005.

Unlike Pace, who was chosen by former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Mullen is more like Gates, said Loren Thompson, a military analyst at the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Va. "Adm. Mullen is known as a problem solver rather than an ideological crusader."

Mullen must be confirmed by the Senate. Gates said he decided not to recommend Pace's renomination for another term because confirmation hearings on that would focus more on the past than the future.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-08-joint-chiefs_N.htm?csp=34

[Nikki Stone1]

1. Kick and recommend,

:kick:

[wakeme2008]

2. He used to be call Rummy's Parrot

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

8. They did a twins act?

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

3. HuffPo: Peter Pace is Out. Good.

Jon Soltz

General Peter Pace was let go today as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. That's a good thing. But the administration has tolerated his poor performance for too long, and dismissed him fearing his anticipated reconfirmation hearing would be ugly.

If the administration was hoping to avoid answering the tough questions, by avoiding a reconfirmation hearing for Pace, they can forget it.

General Pace grossly overstepped his bounds and poorly represented the military with his political actions and misguided statements.

The straw that broke the camel's back, for us, was his defense of a convicted felon, Scooter Libby, when it was entirely improper for him to do so, as a top leader in the military, who must remain non-partisan.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/peter-pace-is-out-good_b_51322.html

[cassiepriam]

20. Pace out. Paris out. Oops Paris in. Pace still out.

[maddezmom]

4. very simply: bushbot, homophobe and Libby lover

:hi:

[EFerrari]

5. They didn't want him to be reconfirmed so out he goes!

Aka, don't give the Dems a chance to ask any questions about the heckuva job that is Iraqinam.

HuffPo: Pace Retires As Head of Joint Chiefs

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration sidelined Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Friday, announcing plans to replace him as the nation's top military officer rather than reappoint him and risk a Senate confirmation struggle focusing on the Iraq War.

"It would be a backward looking and very contentious process," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said at a Pentagon news conference where he announced he would recommend Adm.Mullen to replace Pace.

Mullen is the chief of naval operations, and Gates praised him for having the "vision strategic insight and integrity to lead America's armed forces."

At the same time, he made clear he had made his decision with reluctance, saying he wished it had not been necessary.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070608/joint-chiefs-mullen/

:hi:

/ack

[Peace Patriot]

33. "It would be backwarding looking..." --Oh, no! Don't look back! Don't ask don't

tell how we got into this goddamned, murderous, unnecessary, unjust, illegal, war profiteering, rightwing fascist disaster.

It might prevent another one.

[EFerrari]

36. Or it might shut down this one. n/t

[leftchick]

6. oh god! Another Navy Admiral?

Iran attack imminent? :(

[EFerrari]

7. Only the Bush WH would put in a Navy Admiral for a war in the desert. n/t

[maddezmom]

10. oh so true

:D But can't say I'm sad to see Pace go

[EFerrari]

13. He was scum with the best of them. No joke. n/t

[Nikki Stone1]

15. No just following orders, eh?

?

[EFerrari]

17. He was the creepy guy that slandered gay people in uniform

on his very own time.

[Nikki Stone1]

21. Homophobe, yep. Creep. But how much did he control otherwise and how much

was he a lackey?

[EFerrari]

23. Who knows. But imho, the Big Dick tries to keep the Pentagon

strings in hand. It must be harder now that his partner in crime, Rumsfeld, is sort of gone.

[Nikki Stone1]

26. Yeah, what's up with Rummy? Are we still supporting an office for the guy?

?

[EFerrari]

29. They've buried him deep because I don't find a great new job

that's he's taken after resigning -- all I can find is that he wrote a litter for Libby.

Geeze.

[dogday]

11. Maybe it will rain 40 days and 40 nights and he

can bring the fleet in.... :shrug: stranger things have happened :rofl:

[EFerrari]

16. If Junior keeps lying about global warning, this could be a plan.

I'm so sick of these bastards.

[MyNameGoesHere]

14. Has not been an Admiral since 1989 Admiral Crowe

Pace is a Marine and a graduate of the Naval Academy. This position normally rotates between services. kind of, sort of.

[EFerrari]

9. Top general: Remarks on gays were 'personal moral views'

In case we've forgotten . .)

March 14, 2007

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
• Gen. Peter Pace says his remarks focused too much on personal views
• Staff earlier said general had no plans to apologize for remarks on gays
• Pace told newspaper that homosexual acts are immoral
• Advocacy group says comments disrespectful to 65,000 gay troops

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, said Tuesday he should have focused more on military policy and less on his own opinion when he told a newspaper homosexual acts are immoral.

His remarks drew opposition from some lawmakers and an advocacy group.

Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Chicago Tribune on Monday that he supports the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the U.S. armed forces.

"In expressing my support for the current policy, I also offered some personal opinions about moral conduct," Pace said in a statement. "I should have focused more on my support of the policy and less on my personal moral views." (Watch viewers weigh in on Pace's comments Video)

Earlier Tuesday, senior staff members for Pace said the general had no plans to apologize for his comments, which included comparisons between homosexuality and adultery -- behavior that he said is prosecuted in the military.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/13/gays.military/index.html

[EFerrari]

12. HuffPo: See ya, Peter Pace

See ya, Peter Pace
by: pam
Fri Jun 08, 2007 at 13:07:03 PM EDT



MSNBC is reporting that General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who reiterated his support of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" by calling gays and lesbian service members "immoral," is going to be replaced by Defense Secretary Gates.

Steve Ralls, director of communications for Servicemembers Legal Defense Network on Pace's resignation:

"We may never know if concerns about General Pace's homophobic remarks played a role in his decision not to seek re-confirmation, but it seems reasonable to assume that the controversy he ignited weighed on his mind. General Pace's remarks are still fresh in the memory of many of our troops, and no doubt still fresh in the memory of many Senators, too. In wake of Pace's resignation, SLDN urges President Bush to appoint a new Chairman who values the talents and contributions of every service member, regardless of sexual orientation. We hope the next Chairman will embrace the commitment to fairness expressed by former Joint Chiefs Chairman John Shalikashvili and leave behind General Pace?s legacy of divisiveness and disrespect."



(via Intoxination.net)

"Pentagon sources are telling NBC's Jim Miklaszewski that Defense Secretary Gates has replaced General Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with Adm. Mike Mullen. He is currently the Navy's chief naval officer." (via TP)

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1949

Edit: Go Cheney yourself, Pace. You are a disgrace to the uniform.

[Catherine Vincent]

18. Oh, that's Peter Pace.

He's the one that had a problem with homosexuals in the service.

[EFerrari]

19. Yeah -- that Peter Pace.

:puke:

[tabasco]

22. A disgrace to the uniform he wears. A yes-man for a corrupt political group.

Military academies will remember Pace as a model of what not to be as an officer - - a gutless coward.

[EFerrari]

24. In all my too many years, I've never seen such rampant disrespect

for our armed forces. And it's coming from the corrupt top down. :nuke:

[Kagemusha]

25. Some already saying Gates was soft on war with Iran.

Well isn't that interesting.

[EFerrari]

27. But he did a good job of helping to shut down Iran/ContraGate.

Another skilled serial scofflaw in Junior's cabinet.

They try to have it all ways, don't they?

[Swamp Rat]

28. k&r

[EFerrari]

30. Kick. We might want to attend to this today.

[EFerrari]

31. Top American General Disputes US Military Claim on Iran

By Al Pessin
Canberra, Australia
12 February 2007


The top American military officer, General Peter Pace, declined Monday to endorse the conclusions of U.S. military officers in Baghdad, who told reporters on Sunday that the Iranian government is providing high-powered roadside bombs to insurgents in Iraq. General Pace made his comments during a visit to Australia, and VOA's Al Pessin reports from Canberra.

General Pace said he was not aware of the Baghdad briefing, and that he could not, from his own knowledge, repeat the assertion made there that the elite Quds brigade of Iran's Republican Guard force is providing bomb-making kits to Iraqi Shiite insurgents.

"We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran. What I would not say is that the Iranian government, per se , knows about this," he said. "It is clear that Iranians are involved, and it's clear that materials from Iran are involved, but I would not say by what I know that the Iranian government clearly knows or is complicit."

Military officers who spoke to reporters in Baghdad, Monday, on condition of anonymity, said the high-powered projectile bombs are made with parts manufactured in Iran and that intelligence indicates the parts are sent to Iraq with the approval of senior Iranian officials. The officials said the bombs, whose projectiles can pierce the skin of an armored vehicle, have killed 170 American troops.

http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-02/2007-02-12-voa20.cfm?CFID=83134636&CFTOKEN=76612338

(I wonder if we'll ever know who this guy really was -- except that he was a homophobe.)

[EFerrari]

32. Kick

[fooj]

34. Here's Larry Johnson's take.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/8/13242/67045

<snip>
How can you call upon troops to conduct themselves with honor and integrity when you make lame excuses for the conduct of a convicted perjurer and obstructer of justice like Scooter Libby? Pace's Libby letter was the tipping point. His status, already shaky with the debacle of Iraq and a six year record of failure, became toxic with that letter.
<snip>

I think the letter did him in, as well. Just my 2 cents...

[EFerrari]

35. Thanks, fooj. This guy was dirty AND stoopid AND now under the bus.

It's like watching a horror movie.

[Me.]

37. I Agree With Larry

The letter for the Liar was the last straw

[EFerrari]

38. I tend to think that the GOP didn't want this guy before Congress

to be reconfirmed. Can O Worms on Wheels. With a new guy, they have more wiggle room.

[EFerrari]

39. kick

[WiseButAngrySara]

40. See this DU thread ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1076234