Posted on 11/07/2003 12:02:00 PM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
According to a report this morning from the Associated Press, President Bush's nomination of Major General Robert T. Clark for promotion to Lieutenant General has been delayed in the United States Senate. In response to an anonymous hold on the Clark nomination by a Democratic Senator, an anonymous Republican Senator has delayed all pending military nominations, the AP said. "The senator who is blocking the military promotions is thought to be acting in retaliation for a separate hold placed by an unnamed Democrat on (the) general's promotion," wrote AP reporter Nancy Zuckerbrod. President Bush nominated Clark for promotion in 2002. After significant delays resulting from questions about Clark's leadership during his tenure at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to approve his promotion on Oct. 23. Clark was commander of Fort Campbell in July 1999 when PFC Barry Winchell was murdered by fellow soldiers who believed Winchell was gay. Subsequent investigations found that Clark did little to curb a prevalent anti-gay environment at his post. A Department of Army Inspector General report also found other troubling facts about MG Clark's tenure at the post, including command-wide low morale; inadequate delivery of health care to soldiers and their families; and wide-spread, leader-condoned underage drinking in the barracks. According to a report from "60 Minutes," Fort Campbell also saw an alarming spike in domestic abuse cases during MG Clark's tenure. Senators Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii), Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) voted against Clark's promotion in Committee. According to press reports, however, all three offices have denied placing the current hold before the full Senate. "The current hold on MG Clark's nomination is a clear indication that Senators continue to share our concerns about his promotion," said C. Dixon Osburn, executive director of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, or SLDN, a legal support and advocacy group of gay military personnel. "MG Clark's record did not merit his approval by the Armed Services Committee, and it does not merit approval by the full Senate."
Major General Robert T. Clark IS NOT EQUAL TO Wesley Clark, the Presidential candidate.
How so?
?.....Is this the finale of an 'EU/NATO/U.N./Belgian'......coup.....in Amerika?
1984/2004
/sarcasm
the hold on clark was placed by a rat. in response, an anonymous repub senator put a hold on everything pending.
In response to an anonymous hold on the Clark nomination by a Democratic Senator, an anonymous Republican Senator has delayed all pending military nominations, the AP said. "The senator who is blocking the military promotions is thought to be acting in retaliation for a separate hold placed by an unnamed Democrat on (the) general's promotion," wrote AP reporter Nancy Zuckerbrod.
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