Breaking: Gates to Announce Gen. Pace Resignation at 1pm. News Conf.

Fox News | 06/08/2007

[tsmith130]

Foxs News Alert...that's all so far.

[Keith in Iowa]

FoxNews radio just called it “retiring”...

[markman46]

wonder what he said to get “retired”

[Brad's Gramma]

Per KFI radio...a news conference is coming up soon...

[tsmith130]

Admiral Mullan(sp?) to replace Pace.

[SE Mom]

Ok- what’s up- BOTH chariman and vice chair resigning??

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Whatever he said, it probably wasn’t what Gates and Bush wanted to hear...

[tsmith130]

Yeah, I just caught that. Not good.

[jpl]

Man, General Pace was one of my favorite Generals in the last few years. This is a real bummer.

[Kaslin]

You beat me by about 24 seconds

[BGHater]

Didn’t want Gen. Pace to go through a hearing again with Congress.

[4integrity]

Thanks for the alert. imho, this stinks. think Pace was a good guy.

[theFIRMbss]

>Gen. Pace Resignation

It makes me nervous
if the Joint Chiefs are fighting.
The only forces

that could really hurt
US forces are other
US forces. Don't

let one of these guys
go postal with carriers
following his lead...

[SE Mom]

Ok..Gates says...HE wanted both of them to stay...but apparently Congress wanted them (at least Pace) gone...

WTH is really going on here?

[Guenevere]

There are so few 'good guys' left, it seems.

I believe General Pace the real deal!.....God bless him.

[advance_copy]

Based on what Gates said, Pace is being forced out because of Senators who would make a “very contentious process” out of the confirmation hearing of a nomination for a second term.

Gates is saying that the Vice Chairman faced the same kind of confirmation process “that would not be in the best interests of the country”.

This is result of the rotten RATS, who have succeeded in dislogding the senior uniformed leadership of our military. IMO, those RAT Senators can go blow it out a tailpipe.

[SE Mom]

Yep.

Something...seems off here..

Gates is NOT happy.

[advance_copy]

Gates: “I am disappointed that circumstances make this kind of a decision necessary.”

[LurkedLongEnough]

[zendari]

I thought the Chairman serves a 4 year term. Most of the previous ones (powell, shelton) served that long.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Congress doesn't like General Pace and let Gates know in no uncertain terms that if he were renominated to serve as CJCS again that his confirmation would be bloody.

Gates caved to political pressure.

[Mr. Brightside]

How many times is this guy going to retire this morning?

[Tirian]

Gee, maybe Pace thought the border could be secured, or some other dangerous idea like that....

[bnelson44]

but apparently Congress wanted them (at least Pace) gone...

Who said that?

[bnelson44]

Congress doesn’t like General Pace and let Gates know in no uncertain terms that if he were renominated to serve as CJCS again that his confirmation would be bloody.

source?

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Yeah, Gates looks like a thoroughly whipped dog. He can’t even look the reporters in the eye when he’s responding to their questions. Something is definitely wrong here...

[Plains Drifter]

Something here sounds mighty queer?

[advertising guy]

the question then is..does congress think Pace too soft or too tough. The 2nd question is then, who ?

[advance_copy]

Note chairman and ranking members of:

Senate Armed Servies Committee

DEMOCRATS Carl Levin (Michigan) Chairman Edward M. Kennedy (Massachusetts) Robert C. Byrd (West Virginia) Joseph I. Lieberman (Connecticut) Jack Reed (Rhode Island) Daniel K. Akaka (Hawaii) Bill Nelson (Florida) E. Benjamin Nelson (Nebraska) Evan Bayh (Indiana) Hillary Rodham Clinton (New York) Mark L. Pryor (Arkansas) Jim Webb (Virginia) Claire McCaskill (Missouri)

REPUBLICANS John McCain (Arizona) Ranking Member John W. Warner (Virginia) James M. Inhofe (Oklahoma) Jeff Sessions (Alabama) Susan M. Collins (Maine) John Ensign (Nevada) Saxby Chambliss (Georgia) Lindsey O. Graham (South Carolina) Elizabeth Dole (North Carolina) John Cornyn (Texas) John Thune (South Dakota) Mel Martinez (Florida)

This is Levin, Kennedy, McCain, and Warner's doing.

[SE Mom]

Gates said it. He said his intention had been to nominate both the chairman and vice chair for another term- and when he began discussing it with Congress- he was told it would become a VERY contentious process in confirmation hearings...so..Gates basically decided to let Congress have their way and he’s replacing them.

[trumandogz]

At last count on FR he has retired 4 times and been fired 3 times.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

If true, you see what giving an inch gets us.

They hated Rumsfeld and demanded his head. Bush gave it to them. That led them to demand Gonzalez’ head, which Bush did not give them. Now they’ve thrown a shot-acoss-the bow before a confirmation hearing to intimidate a man who has done a good job and who is already up-to-speed on all that has been and is happening.

The Dhims are willing to destroy the country for their own power.

[jazusamo]

Gates caved to political pressure.

Agreed...I can't help but think that Murtha and the move to bring up the Haditha Marines on charges may have had something to do with it. I can't believe General Pace was going along with the way this is being handled.

[dirtboy]

The Bush Admin doesn't want to antagonize the Senate Dems by fighting for Pace. You see, they need to preserve that alliance as long as they think there is a chance to get the amnesty bill passed.

These guys are sinking lower and lower with each passing day. I used to mock the cars going by me with "January 20th, 2009" bumper stickers. I don't any longer.

Pray for Fred.

[advance_copy]

Gates said it was a two year term.

[Snoopers-868th]

I wonder if it was part of the “ grand deal” struck by the few and the White House.

[jpl]

Gee, maybe Pace thought the border could be secured, or some other dangerous idea like that....

The real reason the libs don't like Pace is because a while back, he stated that he believes that open homosexuals don't belong in the military.

[bnelson44]

Thanks.

Well, it is up to congress they have oversight of flag officers. But why?

[montag813]

Is Pace the one who said homosexuality was not compatible with the military? If so then perhaps Ted Kennedy told Bush to can him, and since Bush takes his orders from The Swimmer, he complied.

[Modok]

Right after the failure of the White House to get its immigration bill passed in the Senate could it possible the bill might be voted on again in the next few days with a little more support?

[Non-Sequitur]

Based on what Gates said, Pace is being forced out because of Senators who would make a “very contentious process” out of the confirmation hearing of a nomination for a second term.

Gates is saying that the Vice Chairman faced the same kind of confirmation process “that would not be in the best interests of the country”.

Uh huh. My bullsh*t meter just maxed out. If this were remotely true then that would mean: A) that the Bush administration won't support it's people, and B) anyone who takes the job does so knowing that they can expect zero support from the White House.

[Kaslin]

This is result of the rotten RATS, who have succeeded in dislogding the senior uniformed leadership of our military.

Why am I not surprised

[theFIRMbss]

>At last count on FR he has retired 4 times and been fired 3 times

Now they're taking him
to a corn field and doing
to him what they did

to Joe Pesci at
the end of "Casino." That's
how you get "retired!"

[SE Mom]

I honestly don’t know. There will be- already is- plenty of speculation on the REAL reason(s)...but one things seems certain- Gates just got screwed, and he’s really unhappy about it..

[brityank]

Locked mine to this thread. Looks as if Gates caved in, but I don’t blame Gen. Pace for leaving; doubt I’d last there as my mouth would blow me away!!

[tsmith130]

Gates said it. He said his intention had been to nominate both the chairman and vice chair for another term- and when he began discussing it with Congress- he was told it would become a VERY contentious process in confirmation hearings...so..Gates basically decided to let Congress have their way and he’s replacing them.

I got the impression from what Gates was saying, i.e. "I've never backed down from a fight." that Pace maybe is the one that didn't want to go through the confirmation process? But my phone rang and I didn't get to hear the rest of it and now I'm watching the stupid Paris Hilton thing again.

[RedEyeJack]

Yea... like Scooter!

[SE Mom]

Yeah...I see those names and my blood runs cold.

Not sure yet, though- what the REAL deal is...

[theFIRMbss]

>the Bush administration won't support it's people

Did you just wake up
from a long term coma or
were you out in space?