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From: [deleted by request]
To: [woodit]
Subject: Interesting
From my Colonel cousin.......
> Subject: Retired Military Brass Poised to Back Bush
>
> "Several recently retired senior U.S. military
> officers, including three picked for top slots by
> President Clinton, plan to endorse George W. Bush
> for president, former Marine Commandant Charles
> Krulak said yesterday.
>
>
> "You're about to see a list that will blow your
> socks off," said Krulak, who himself was named by
> Clinton to lead the Marine Corps in 1995 and retired
> a year ago.
>
>
> Among those who will publically support Bush, he
> said, are Admiral Jay Johnson, who stepped down
> earlier this summer as head of the Navy; General
> Ronald R. Fogleman, who resigned his position as Air
> Force chief in 1997, and Marine General Anthony C.
> Zinni, who until he retired recently was head of the
> Central Command, which oversees U.S. military
> operations in the Mideast.
>
>
> Those three are especially significant because they
> were nominated for their top positions by Clinton.
> Until now most of the retired military officers who
> have been associated with the Bush Campaign have
> been veterans of the Gulf War, which was overseen by
> Bush's father, former President George Bush.
>
>
> In addition, said Krulak, Bush will be endorsed by
> two other service chiefs who served under Clinton,
> but were picked by the elder Bush: former Air Force
> Chief General Merrill McPeak, and former Marine
> Commandant General Carl Mundy.
>
>
> "For me, it's hard to forget the early impression
> made (by Clinton) that he and his Administration
> really didn't care about about National Security
> Policy" said McPeak, who retired as Air Force Chief
> in 1994.
>
> Krulak, who is co-chairman of a committee of
> veterans supporting Bush, said the list includes 85
> high ranking veterans. One reason so many recently
> retired generals signed up, he said, is that they
> were bothered by comments made by General Henry H.
> Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that
> military readiness is good and that "national
> security is so important it should be above
> politics." Shelton was responding to criticisms Bush
> made at the Republican Convention last month."
>
> It is about time that the Brass has found that part
> of their anatomy that distinguishes them as men.
> General Shelton's quote is directly verbatium as to
> what President Clinton told his assembled Joint
> Chiefs of Staff in the Fall of 1998 when they
> collectively complained to him during his rare visit
> to the Pentagon about the state of military
> readiness, the active duty pay gap versus the
> civilian sector, the growing retention and
> recruitment problems, and the need for modernization
> of equipment.
>
> Clinton stared at the Chairman, and told him "OK,
> but let's not politicise these issues" (i.e., or you
> will be replaced). To his credit, Secretary Cohen
> told the President that "they are political issues,
> and will have to be dealt with in the near future."
> The details from that meeting were quitely spead
> down the chain of command via commander's calls by
> the service chiefs.
>
>
> What I would envision...as I have seen it during
> other elections, is an open letter to veterans,
> military personnel, and the general public, signed
> by those 85 high ranking folks, and published (via
> advertising) in the top 100 newspapers (plus the Air
> Force Times, Navy Times, etc.).
>
> E-mail will not be as effective, as the whole
> general public needs to be exposed to the
> endorsements. As the letter gets drafted, the
> campaign also needs to bring in some of our top
> enlisted retired folks and also discuss some of the
> concerns directly related to veterans.
>
> Readiness/pay are issues geared to 3.5 Million
> active duty; Veteran's health care and VA advocacy
> are issues geared to 27 Million veterans.)
>
> I am meeting with Norfolk Republicans and
> Congressional Candidate Ed Schrock tonight, again
> Friday night at a beach BBQ in Ocean View, and will
> head up to the DC area to meet with John and other
> Vets this Saturday morning.
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Charlie
> [Charlie works at the Pentagon in N8. He's a
> retired 0-6 and served as a former President's military aide.]
>
From: [deleted by request]
To: [woodit]
Subject: Interesting
From my Colonel cousin.......
> Subject: Retired Military Brass Poised to Back Bush
>
> "Several recently retired senior U.S. military
> officers, including three picked for top slots by
> President Clinton, plan to endorse George W. Bush
> for president, former Marine Commandant Charles
> Krulak said yesterday.
>
>
> "You're about to see a list that will blow your
> socks off," said Krulak, who himself was named by
> Clinton to lead the Marine Corps in 1995 and retired
> a year ago.
>
>
> Among those who will publically support Bush, he
> said, are Admiral Jay Johnson, who stepped down
> earlier this summer as head of the Navy; General
> Ronald R. Fogleman, who resigned his position as Air
> Force chief in 1997, and Marine General Anthony C.
> Zinni, who until he retired recently was head of the
> Central Command, which oversees U.S. military
> operations in the Mideast.
>
>
> Those three are especially significant because they
> were nominated for their top positions by Clinton.
> Until now most of the retired military officers who
> have been associated with the Bush Campaign have
> been veterans of the Gulf War, which was overseen by
> Bush's father, former President George Bush.
>
>
> In addition, said Krulak, Bush will be endorsed by
> two other service chiefs who served under Clinton,
> but were picked by the elder Bush: former Air Force
> Chief General Merrill McPeak, and former Marine
> Commandant General Carl Mundy.
>
>
> "For me, it's hard to forget the early impression
> made (by Clinton) that he and his Administration
> really didn't care about about National Security
> Policy" said McPeak, who retired as Air Force Chief
> in 1994.
>
> Krulak, who is co-chairman of a committee of
> veterans supporting Bush, said the list includes 85
> high ranking veterans. One reason so many recently
> retired generals signed up, he said, is that they
> were bothered by comments made by General Henry H.
> Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that
> military readiness is good and that "national
> security is so important it should be above
> politics." Shelton was responding to criticisms Bush
> made at the Republican Convention last month."
>
> It is about time that the Brass has found that part
> of their anatomy that distinguishes them as men.
> General Shelton's quote is directly verbatium as to
> what President Clinton told his assembled Joint
> Chiefs of Staff in the Fall of 1998 when they
> collectively complained to him during his rare visit
> to the Pentagon about the state of military
> readiness, the active duty pay gap versus the
> civilian sector, the growing retention and
> recruitment problems, and the need for modernization
> of equipment.
>
> Clinton stared at the Chairman, and told him "OK,
> but let's not politicise these issues" (i.e., or you
> will be replaced). To his credit, Secretary Cohen
> told the President that "they are political issues,
> and will have to be dealt with in the near future."
> The details from that meeting were quitely spead
> down the chain of command via commander's calls by
> the service chiefs.
>
>
> What I would envision...as I have seen it during
> other elections, is an open letter to veterans,
> military personnel, and the general public, signed
> by those 85 high ranking folks, and published (via
> advertising) in the top 100 newspapers (plus the Air
> Force Times, Navy Times, etc.).
>
> E-mail will not be as effective, as the whole
> general public needs to be exposed to the
> endorsements. As the letter gets drafted, the
> campaign also needs to bring in some of our top
> enlisted retired folks and also discuss some of the
> concerns directly related to veterans.
>
> Readiness/pay are issues geared to 3.5 Million
> active duty; Veteran's health care and VA advocacy
> are issues geared to 27 Million veterans.)
>
> I am meeting with Norfolk Republicans and
> Congressional Candidate Ed Schrock tonight, again
> Friday night at a beach BBQ in Ocean View, and will
> head up to the DC area to meet with John and other
> Vets this Saturday morning.
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Charlie
> [Charlie works at the Pentagon in N8. He's a
> retired 0-6 and served as a former President's military aide.]
>