Breaking: Gates to Announce Gen. Pace Resignation at 1pm. News Conf.

Fox News | 06/08/2007

[tsmith130]

Foxs News Alert...that's all so far.

[Keith in Iowa]

FoxNews radio just called it “retiring”...

[markman46]

wonder what he said to get “retired”

[Brad’s Gramma]

Per KFI radio...a news conference is coming up soon...

[tsmith130]

Admiral Mullan(sp?) to replace Pace.

[SE Mom]

Ok- what’s up- BOTH chariman and vice chair resigning??

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Whatever he said, it probably wasn’t what Gates and Bush wanted to hear...

[tsmith130]

Yeah, I just caught that. Not good.

[jpl]

Man, General Pace was one of my favorite Generals in the last few years. This is a real bummer.

[Kaslin]

You beat me by about 24 seconds

[BGHater]

Didn’t want Gen. Pace to go through a hearing again with Congress.

[4integrity]

Thanks for the alert. imho, this stinks. think Pace was a good guy.

[theFIRMbss]

>Gen. Pace Resignation

It makes me nervous
if the Joint Chiefs are fighting.
The only forces

that could really hurt
US forces are other
US forces. Don't

let one of these guys
go postal with carriers
following his lead...

[SE Mom]

Ok..Gates says...HE wanted both of them to stay...but apparently Congress wanted them (at least Pace) gone...

WTH is really going on here?

[Guenevere]

There are so few 'good guys' left, it seems.

I believe General Pace the real deal!.....God bless him.

[advance_copy]

Based on what Gates said, Pace is being forced out because of Senators who would make a “very contentious process” out of the confirmation hearing of a nomination for a second term.

Gates is saying that the Vice Chairman faced the same kind of confirmation process “that would not be in the best interests of the country”.

This is result of the rotten RATS, who have succeeded in dislogding the senior uniformed leadership of our military. IMO, those RAT Senators can go blow it out a tailpipe.

[SE Mom]

Yep.

Something...seems off here..

Gates is NOT happy.

[advance_copy]

Gates: “I am disappointed that circumstances make this kind of a decision necessary.”

[LurkedLongEnough]

[zendari]

I thought the Chairman serves a 4 year term. Most of the previous ones (powell, shelton) served that long.