A Tug Of War Over U.S. Military Options In Libya - March 08, 2011
The carrier USS Enterprise was supposed to head east to the Arabian Sea to take part in the air war in Afghanistan. Instead, it's afloat farther west in the Red Sea, with its dozens of warplanes, waiting to see if it's needed for any Libyan operation.
"We come from the sea. We don't ask permission where we put our airfields. We put them where they're needed," the Navy's top officer, Adm. Gary Roughead, told lawmakers about the flexibility of an aircraft carrier.
"We are a very good option," Roughead added, "but there are other factors that I think leadership would have to take into account."
Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says the United States and its allies should at least prepare a no-fly zone, and put it in place only with international approval — such as a United Nations resolution.
But the Pentagon has been resisting.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates (GATES WAS REPLACED APRIL 2011) has argued that a new mission in Libya could further stretch an American military already engaged in two wars.
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Gary Roughead - JAN 20, 2009
Adm. Gary Roughead joins Hoover Institution - Nov 16, 2011
The Hoover Institution has announced that Admiral Gary Roughead will join the think tank as the Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Roughead was appointed chief of naval operations (CNO) by President George W. Bush in 2007 and retired from active duty in September.
At Hoover, Roughead says he will focus on the military’s role in the American way of life alongside current Hoover scholars, George P. Shultz and William Perry.
“To focus on policy research and to collaborate with esteemed colleagues is an extraordinary opportunity to remain engaged in public policy,” Roughead said.
I think this DOES go back to what Rush said as far as the entire Government has decided to cover for one another, circle the wagons, on this one.....