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  • Bush to Name Marine To Lead Joint Chiefs

    04/19/2005 10:17:18 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 45 replies · 1,060+ views
    WASHINGTON POST.COM ^ | APRIL 19, 2005 | BRADLEY GRAHAM, STAFF WRITER
    President Bush intends to name Marine Gen. Peter Pace the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, officials said yesterday, replacing Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, whose term ends this autumn. Announcement of the decision is due soon and probably will include the nomination of Navy Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr. as the new vice chairman, officials said. The selection of the two officers for the Pentagon's top military posts would team Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld with a pair of senior officers with whom he is very familiar. Pace, 59, has served as vice chairman of the...