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The President and First Lady are at their ranch in Crawford Texas and there are no new photos of them today but silent_jonny kindly sent me links of photos from yesterday that he did not post so we do have some "new" photos for today - Many thanks Jonny, much appreciated. Today the Vice President was interviewed on the Rush Limbaugh Radio Show today Click here for the transcript Today Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace brief reporters at the Pentagon. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island

Marine General Peter Pace – decorated war hero and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – continues to find himself fending off a vicious and unfamiliar rapid fire assault from his extreme left-flank. In recent days, the good general has been widely and unjustly vilified by America’s self-appointed thought police as they step up their unified and widespread campaign of homofascist speech enforcement. During a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune, Pace violated one of the cardinal rules of political correctness by noting that, “homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral.” While defending the military’s “don’t ask don’t tell”...

The campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are in sync not only on the geopolitical importance of Selma, Ala., but also on the issue of whether homosexuality is moral or not. This afternoon, the Obama campaign released the following statement: “As the New York Times reported today, I do not agree with General Pace that homosexuality is immoral. Attempts to divide people like this have consumed too much of our politics over the past six years.”

Asked if she believed homosexuality was immoral, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton declined to answer the question in a television interview this morning and said it was for “others to conclude.” General Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a recent interview that he personally believed homosexuality was immoral and that this view was a factor in his opposition to gays serving openly in the military. Mrs. Clinton, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, supports allowing gays to serve, which would amount to a change in her husband’s “don’t ask don’t tell” policy. She has...

And claims it's mostly "conservative" families sending their kids to die in Iraq BBSNews Commentary 2007-03-14 -- Republican Representative Duncan Hunter from California, brushing up his "conservative" credentials for a run for the US presidency, backed General Peter Pace on his stance on anti-gay bigotry in an editorial today in USA Today. Hunter writes: Rep. Duncan Hunter, of California, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a Vietnam veteran, delivers the keynote address during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 16, 2005. Image Credit: DoD photo by R. D. Ward 2005-09-16. "Gen. Pace's principles...

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday he considers homosexuality to be immoral and the military should not condone it by allowing gay personnel to serve openly, the Chicago Tribune reported. Marine Gen. Peter Pace likened homosexuality to adultery, which he said was also immoral, the newspaper reported on its Web site. "I do not believe the United States is well served by a policy that says it is OK to be immoral in any way," Pace told the newspaper in a wide-ranging interview. Pace, a native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a 1967 graduate of...

SOME of America’s most senior military commanders are prepared to resign if the White House orders a military strike against Iran, according to highly placed defence and intelligence sources. Tension in the Gulf region has raised fears that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely before President George Bush leaves office. The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack. “There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,”...

The top American military officer, General Peter Pace, declined Monday to endorse the conclusions of U.S. military officers in Baghdad, who told reporters on Sunday that the Iranian government is providing high-powered roadside bombs to insurgents in Iraq. General Pace made his comments during a visit to Australia, and VOA's Al Pessin reports from Canberra. General Pace said he was not aware of the Baghdad briefing, and that he could not, from his own knowledge, repeat the assertion made there that the elite Quds brigade of Iran's Republican Guard force is providing bomb-making kits to Iraqi Shiite insurgents. "We know...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has not descended into a civil war but al Qaeda is trying to provoke one and the United States should focus on thwarting those efforts, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday.  Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States should not be diverted by debates over whether the sectarian violence gripping Baghdad and other parts of Iraq was a civil war.  He also dismissed a report the United States was considering pulling its forces out of the restive Anbar province and moving them to Baghdad. Defense...

THE US could defeat any enemy with overwhelming power but any new conflict would involve more brute force and civilian casualties than in Iraq, the top US general said today. Asked about any potential threat from North Korea, Marine General Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not know the intent of the Pyongyang leadership but the US military could cope with any potential enemy. "It is true that our units that are here at home are not fully equipped, as they would be if there wasn't a war going on," Gen Pace said...

Cruise Family to Join Snyder at Redskins' Opener By Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts Washington Post Staff Writers Monday, September 11, 2006; 4:30 PM Landing a superstar for your owner's box? Mission possible! Dan Snyder asked Tom Cruise to join him at tonight's Redskins game at FedEx field -- and not only did Cruise accept, he's bringing along fiancee Katie Holmes, daughter Isabella, and son Connor. Even better: The Cruise family -- including baby Suri -- are staying at Snyder's Potomac home. Cruise isn't the only celeb tonight; also expected in the owners' box are actors Jamie Foxx, Peter Berg...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8, 2006 – It was an “eerie feeling” returning to the United States after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace. Pace, then the commander of U.S. Southern Command, had just been confirmed as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was in Bogota, Colombia, when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. “First, like all Americans I felt shock and anger,” Pace said during a recent interview. That was followed by determination “and the certain knowledge … that...

Pace Focuses on Human Dimension of Iraq WarBy Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service MOSUL, Iraq, Aug. 14, 2006 -- Meeting with troops during visits to combat zones helps keep Marine Gen. Peter Pace focused and gives him “ground truth,” the general said during an interview here yesterday. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq, Aug. 13. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. A meeting with troops a day earlier at Camp Liberty, near Baghdad, turned poignant when a young lieutenant...

AP) FALLUJAH, Iraq The top U.S. general dropped into this volatile city Sunday to hear what was on the minds of Marines doing battle daily with a resilient and deadly insurgency. Some of what he heard sounded like a sign of creeping doubt — not about the Marines' mission but about the wider purpose it is supposed to be serving as the U.S. war death count tops 2,600. On his first visit to Fallujah as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace stood before 1,300 troops — mostly Marines — and assured them that the American...

BAGHDAD, Aug. 12, 2006 – The will of the United States is the only question in whether the nation’s effort in Iraq and Afghanistan will succeed, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today. “There is no way to militarily lose this war,” Marine Gen. Peter Pace said, speaking to reporters traveling with him while en route here. “The only way we can lose is if we decide that we just don’t want to do it. And if we decide that, that would not end the involvement, it would simply shift it from its current battlefield in Iraq...

AUTOGRAPH – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace signs a message on a munition, after seeing a howitzer demo from the 4th Brigade, 25th Field Artillery Regiment unit in Camp Salerno, Afghanistan

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at Camp David. They will return late Sunday for a long-planned social engagement, and the President will return to Camp David early Monday for two days of meetings on Iraq. The sessions start with a long day of meetings between GWB and his national security team, along with the military commanders in the field via teleconference from Iraq and Central Command. Between the morning and afternoon sessions, the President will lunch with outside experts. The day ends with dinner Monday night. On Tuesday, the sessions conclude with...

Military investigators piecing together what happened in the Iraqi town of Haditha on Nov. 19 -- when Marines allegedly killed two dozen civilians -- have access to video shot by an unmanned drone aircraft that was circling overhead for at least part of that day, military defense lawyers familiar with the case said in interviews. It is unclear whether the video obtained from that day's flight captured the violence, said the lawyers, who have consulted with Marines who were there. One lawyer said investigators have reviewed surveillance footage taken hours after the shootings, which showed the Marines returning to the...

Has anyone noticed? Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding Gen. Richard Myers. Army Gens. George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley must be rolling over in their graves. A Marine is now the chief military adviser to the president and the secretary of Defense. The Marines fought a lonely battle in the late 1940s. As part of the unification of the armed forces, the Army wanted to reduce the Corps to a role as the Navy's police force, and the new Air Force wanted to strip the Marines of their close air...