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Army Times interview with Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker
Army Times ^ | April 13, 2004 | Army Times Staff & Gen. Schoomaker

Posted on 04/14/2004 7:53:22 PM PDT by 68skylark

Edited on 05/07/2004 10:06:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Gen. Peter Schoomaker, chief of the staff of the Army for nine months, met April 6 at the Pentagon with reporters and editors from Army Times Publishing Company. Here is a transcript of that 90-minute interview. The contents have been edited for clarity.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: schoomaker
For such a long interview, I'm not sure I detected any important new information (other than the part about new BDU coming soon). If anyone recognizes any important news that I've missed, please feel free to point it out.

There are some kook conspiracy theories out there about a return to the draft coming soon. It's a ridiculous rumor, mainly planted by liberals in the hope of scaring young people into voting left. Gen. Schoomaker points out the obvious -- that we have ways to grow the volunteer force as big as we need it to be. Hopefully some of the more crazy rumors can be put to rest.

1 posted on 04/14/2004 7:53:26 PM PDT by 68skylark
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