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President Bush has awarded Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), General Peter Pace the US’s highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Not surprisingly, he is once again enduring a “moral lynching” at the hands of liberal media and homosexual activists across the nation.  Controversy began plaguing General Pace, a Catholic, after his March 12 statement that homosexual acts are immoral and therefore, should not be condoned by the military.[1]  Following this statement, General Pace was maligned and ultimately lost his position as JCS Chairman, making him the first in over forty years to hold...

Byrd's angry theatrics made for a performance reminiscent of Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman." And Byrd did Pacino one better: He invited the audience in the room to join him in heckling the witnesses, creating a responsive Greek chorus. Emboldened, two dozen hecklers in the audience from the antiwar group Code Pink continued to shout at the witnesses and wave signs for the better part of an hour. Finally, after Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) challenged Pace on his view that homosexuality is immoral, the hearing collapsed as the hecklers shouted down the nation's top military officer.

Pace Issues Upbeat Report as He Departs WASHINGTON — As Senate Democrats debated through the night the merits of leaving Iraq, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the security atmosphere in Iraq has undergone a "sea change." General Peter Pace brought along a reporter for the Associated Press, Robert Burns, on an unscheduled tour of Ramadi yesterday while his helicopter was grounded in a sandstorm and said he was optimistic that the troop surge that began in February and was completed in June was improving security for Iraqis. After meeting with the mayor of Ramadi and...

I came to Washington DC the first time in 1972 to work in the office of a liberal Democrat Ohio Congressman. I took away from that experience my first taste of the unwritten rules governing good conduct and decorum that most groups stick to, from your local Elks Club to the U.S. Senate. Most call it the culture or the ethos the organization lives by. Unwritten rules exist to help an organization or team function harmoniously despite severe difference. For decades, even at the lowest moments of despair and disharmony, the Senate and in fact the United States of America,...

I was following the Politico story concerning the accusation that Harry Reid called General Pace (and maybe Gen Patreaus) incompetent yesterday while being interviewed on the web by a blog. This was mentioned by Tony Snow today and also by Rush. As I am arguing with a lefty concerning this subject, I've been trying to find the source and I have been able to find it anywhere. There is no source cited by Politico and I even looked on Reid's blog site (had to register so now I am probably on a watch list). Does anyone have this source????

Gen. Peter Pace -- the first Marine Corps officer to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- is being precipitously let go. In a surprise announcement last week, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Pace wouldn't be renominated to a second term. In his place, Adm. Mike Mullen, current chief of naval operations, would take over when Pace's term expires Sept. 30. As the highly qualified, deeply respected Pace is being ushered out the door, it is reasonable to wonder why.

Real men, the kind that understand their roles of protection and provision in this life, to their families, and for our world, confuse liberals. They also make them really mad. They don't intend to, it's just a side product that can't be helped. When a real man speaks with plainness and honesty it sends shivers down the spines of those who oppose him, and in a sense reveals their weakness and inadequacies. It exposes the fact that girly men are better at studying their navel than slaying dragons. Naturally when one then encounters a dragon slayer, a girly man finds...

It?s tough being a high ranking official today. It?s not enough to be honest; you have to be politically correct to survive. That means carefully screening your planned remarks to be certain they offend no recognized minority. This comes easy to silver-tongued politicians. It?s harder for career military officers who are socialized to speak with candor. General Peter Pace, the first Marine to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently expressed his support for the military?s ?don?t ask?don?t tell? policy. In response to a question, he added his personal belief that homosexual acts were immoral and that...

A friend recently quipped to me that if Americans were as good at the “war on terror” as we are in our “war on common sense,” the world would be a much safer place. He was talking about our country’s increasingly confused attitudes toward sex. Last week offered a good example. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, said that “I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe the United States is well-served by a...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to say Sunday whether the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should apologize for his remark that homosexual acts were immoral or whether it was a slur on gay members of the armed forces. Marine Gen. Peter Pace made the remark last Monday in an interview with the Chicago Tribune. The next day, following criticism from several lawmakers and gay-rights groups, Pace said that he regretted having stated a personal opinion but did not apologize. "I think General Pace has made pretty clear that he wished he had avoided his personal opinion," Gates said...

If Rudy wins the "National" Primary next February 5th then who should he pick as his VP nominee. Dr. Regina S. Peruggi, President, Kingsborough Community College, http://www.kingsborough.edu/sub-administration/office_president.htmlDonna, a radio host for WOR 710, http://www.wor710.com/pages/46303.phpSomeone else?

You've got to admire Peter Pace. He's the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A tall ramrod of a man, almost 40 years a Marine, four stars and not an ounce of fat. The first Marine to become America's top military man, he has the energy and looks of a man 20 years his junior. But he's been around. In 1964, when the stuff was just starting to hit the fan over in Southeast Asia, he sought an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Four years later, in 1967, he was a lieutenant of Marines, a...

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,”...

WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 16, 2006 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commonwealth’s senior U.S. senator offered a heartfelt “thank you” to the military community during a tribute concert awash in patriotism and pageantry here last night. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace participates in the opening portion of a concert to pay tribute to "Today's Heroes" at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., Oct. 15. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Against a backdrop of American flags, Marine Gen. Peter Pace expressed gratitude...

Gen Pete Pace (Chairman, Joint Chief) is firing back at Rep Murtha in his Pentagon news conference. He said that even with Murtha's distiinguished career, his comments were damaging to readiness, damaging to morale of the troops and is damaging to the families of those who are putting their life in danger. Additionally, he said that Murtha's comments send the wrong message.

12:52 P.M. EST MR. McCLELLAN: Good afternoon, everyone. I have one announcement to begin with. The administration, today, is releasing an updated economic forecast that shows the strong economic expansion in the United States is expected to continue, with healthy job creation and contained inflation. The new economic forecast, which will be used for the President's fiscal year 2007 budget, is similar to the consensus of professional, independent economic forecasters and our previous forecasts that we have released. Early indicators of activity suggest that the growth of real gross domestic product, or GDP, during the four quarters of 2005 will...

General Peter Pace U.S. Marine Corps, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (nomination pending for chairman)—Washington, D.C. When I was a second lieutenant in Vietnam, my platoon was patrolling around Hue City, and we came to a fork in the road. I called back to my company commander, "Should I go left or right?" He said, "Go left." We went a little farther, and there was another fork. I called back again: Left or right? He said, "Go right." Then I called back a third time, and he chewed me out on the radio: "You're the lieutenant. You're...

Chairman Hunter: We had a good double session with the Secretary. The Senate borrowed our quarters today, and Senator Warner ran a full hearing with the Secretary and General Pace. We had similarly a good hearing. We unveiled the, and answered many questions about the defense budget. We think it is a good balance between the exigencies of the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and of course the long-term requirements of U.S. military. The Secretary did double duty today good double-header, and we would be happy to take a couple of questions Q: Mr. Secretary I wanted to ask you...