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Originally Posted by SOGvet
T-, Am I to read this that Peters thinks that Pete Schoomaker was weak? I know he wasn't a member of the Service Chiefs, but he was brought out of retirement by the SECDEF to sit in Shinseki's seat. What am I missing?..
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IMHO, they dragged Schoomaker back because SecDef liked the alternatives even less, and he wanted Shinseki out ASAP.
I believe that SecDef was a fan of SOF.
Service chiefs are approved by the Senate. Schoomaker had been vetted before. He could make it without excessive trouble.
BTW, I like GEN Schoomaker, but I did not see him jump on any grenades during his tenure. The Blues and the ACU uniform decisions were poor ones.
The service Chiefs are much less important than the Chairman. I doubt that Rummy called a lot of meetings with the full JCS to get input.
Of course, I did not write the article, so I could be completely wrong.
TR
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