Rumsfeld's New Army Chief Unifies the Brass

Washington Post ^ | 07/14/03

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Rumsfeld's New Army Chief Unifies the Brass Plus: Strategic Strikes Pondered ... Summer Reading at the Pentagon

Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, July 14, 2003; 7:50 AM

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's recent nomination of Peter J. Schoomaker as chief of staff of the Army hasn't caused the kind of angst inside the service that many Army officers and analysts had foreseen.

Rumsfeld's pick was audacious, indeed. In selecting Schoomaker, he passed over all of the Army's three- and four-star generals to tap a retired general thought of primarily as a special operator, having retired three years ago as head of the U.S. Special Operations Command.

But Schoomaker's Army pedigree goes well beyond special operations, and his force of personality have led many insiders to believe he can be Rumsfeld's man without being his hatchet man.

Retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, no Rumsfeld cheerleader, ranks Schoomaker right up there with retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni when it comes to command presence. "He and Zinni, if you lined up 1,000 generals, they'd be in the top three on sheer talent, they're just unusual people," McCaffrey says.

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Another story called Rummy's pick "inspired".

Amazing how he continues to confound his naysayers, month after month after month.

Says alot about what concepts like duty, honor, country and integrity mean when one is in a position of authority.