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The Pentagon's top general expressed regret Tuesday that he called homosexuality immoral, a remark that drew a harsh condemnation from members of Congress and gay advocacy groups. In a newspaper interview Monday, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had likened homosexual acts to adultery and said the military should not condone it by allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces. In a statement Tuesday, he said he should have focused more in the interview on the Defense Department policy about gays — and "less on my personal moral views." He did not offer...

The ranking Republican of the Senate Armed Services Committee sharply rebuked the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Tuesday, taking issue with General Peter Pace’s view that homosexual acts are immoral. Sen. John Warner (R-Va.), a former Secretary of the Navy, said, “I respectfully but strongly disagree with the chairman’s view that homosexuality is immoral. In keeping with my longstanding respect for the Armed Services committee hearing process, I will decline to comment on the current policy until after such hearings are held.”

Pace expresses regret over gay remark By PAULINE JELINEK -- Associated Press Writer (Published: March 12, 2007) WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon's top general expressed regret Tuesday that he called homosexuality immoral, a remark that drew a harsh condemnation from members of Congress and gay advocacy groups. In a newspaper interview Monday, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had likened homosexual acts to adultery and said the military should not condone it by allowing gays to serve openly in the armed forces. In a statement Tuesday, he said he should have focused more in the interview...

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...

EXCERPT... Pace Says Iran Fighting Proxy Wars Against Iraq, Israel By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug. 15, 2006 – Iran is fighting two proxy wars, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told servicemembers here Aug. 13. Marine Gen. Peter Pace told servicemembers gathered at the camp chapel that Iran is “fighting a proxy war against Israel by supporting Hezbollah” in Lebanon. Iran also is fighting a proxy war against Iraq and the United States by supporting elements inside Iraq.

Pace Demurs on Accusation of Iran February 13, 2007 The Washington Post Karen DeYoung Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said yesterday that he has no information indicating Iran's government is directing the supply of lethal weapons to Shiite insurgent groups in Iraq. "We know that the explosively formed projectiles are manufactured in Iran," Pace told Voice of America during a visit to Australia. "What I would not say is that the Iranian government, per se, knows about this." "It is clear that Iranians are involved, and it's clear that materials from Iran are involved,"...

CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 12, 2007 – The top U.S. general today thanked Australia for “decades of friendship between our two countries” and paid his respects to Australian military personnel during a visit Down Under. Marine Gen. Peter Pace (right), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reviews the Australian honor guard and band at the Defense ministry in Canberra, Australia, Feb. 12. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Sydney on Feb. 10 and had a full schedule of...

Pace University administrators threatened to sic the cops on a Jewish-student club if it went ahead with plans to screen a critically acclaimed film about radical Islam, the head of the group charged yesterday. Michael Abdurakhmanov, president of Pace Hillel, said two deans warned that showing the documentary film would implicate club members as suspects in two hate crimes involving the desecration of the Koran at the university’s lower-Manhattan campus last fall. In addition, Abdurakhmanov said an assistant dean physically restrained him as he attempted to defend the film and his group in a meeting with administrators. "The message was...

President Bush held a news conference this morning in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Click HERE for a complete transcript. Later, the president signed The Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, “a bill that will extend tax relief to millions of American families and small businesses and add momentum to a growing economy”. Click HERE for a complete transcript of the president’s remarks. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Andrew Natsios, U.S. special envoy to Sudan and Darfur, at the State Department. And Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, along...

One cannot deny that radical Islam exists. The best example would be 9/11, but there are many others. Proponents of radical Islam are a small, yet loud, faction of the Muslim community who want to destroy America and Western civilization. In recent years, radical Islamists brutally attacked thousands of innocent civilians of all stripes and colors from Africa to London to New York City. Nothing stands in their way including their own lives via suicide bombers. I think we can all agree that destructive acts upon innocent civilians are always wrong and immoral. Let me be perfectly clear, the aforementioned...

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo, Nov. 14, 2006 -- Changes being made in the way the force is structured, trains and deploys ultimately will mean fewer deployments and more predictability for individual troops, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told National Guardsmen today during a town hall meeting here. Marine Gen. Peter Pace told about 500 National Guard troops wrapping up a year-long deployment with Kosovo Force 7 the most important thing the military can offer them is a basic idea of when and how frequently they’ll be called up for duty. Questions from the group focused on the...

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo, Nov. 14, 2006 -- Last week’s national elections will have no impact on how the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff carries out his job, including his recommendations about Iraq, Marine Gen. Peter Pace told National Guard troops here today. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives at Kosovo and is introduced to U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Darren Owens, commander of Kosovo Force Multinational Brigade (East), by German Lt. Gen. Roland Kather, commander of Kosovo Forces, Nov. 14. Photo by Staff Sgt D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 2006 -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thanked the nation's 30 million veterans and talked about the way forward in the war of terror during television interviews today. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participates in interviews with morning news programs at the Pentagon, Nov. 10. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF??'(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Marine Gen. Peter Pace spoke to hosts of morning news shows from the Pentagon. He said America owes its freedoms to veterans. He also thanked the families of...

The U.S. military would prevail in a war against North Korea but at a greater cost in lives than if the United States were not already fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. "It would not be as clean as we would like it to be, but it would certainly be sure, and the outcome would not be in doubt," said Gen. Peter Pace. He told a Pentagon news conference that the U.S. military has plenty of people available to fight wars beyond Iraq and Afghanistan, but he acknowledged that U.S.-based ground...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2006 – Defining “winning” is important to the war on terror, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said at a news conference today. The war on terror is not going to end as World War II did -- with an instrument of surrender signed on the deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Marine Gen. Peter Pace said winning in this war on terrorism will be determined by conditions, not a signature on a piece of paper. “Winning is having security in the countries we're trying to help that allows for those governments to...

U.S. would win new war but it would be dirtier: Pace Reuters WASHINGTON - The United States has the capacity to defeat any enemy with overwhelming power, despite the Iraq war, but a new conflict would involve more brute force and civilian casualties, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday. Asked about any potential threat from North Korea, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he did not know the intent of the Pyongyang leadership but the U.S. military could cope with any potential enemy. "It is true that our units that are here...

Muslim Student Groups Praise Authorities For Handling Of Koran Incidents October 19, 2006 Representatives of city Muslim organizations gathered Thursday to condemn two possible anti-Muslim bias crimes at Pace University. But as Criminal Justice Reporter Solana Pyne explains in the following report, the groups are impressed with authorities for the way they're investigating the incidents. In the space of a month there have been two separate incidents where a Koran, the Muslim holy book, was found in a Pace University toilet. The most recent was found just last Friday. "This is no different from placing a burning cross in front...

WORCESTER, Mass., Oct. 17, 2006 -- Paul Brunell of Oxford, Mass., was a Marine lance corporal when he served under then-Marine 2nd Lt. Peter Pace during the Vietnam War. Paul Brunell, and his wife, Valerie, (left) meet with Gen. Peter Pace and his wife, Lynne, before an Oct. 15 tribute to servicemembers in Worcester, Mass. Brunell served as a Marine lance corporal under then-Lt. Pace during the Vietnam War. Photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, USAF  '(Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “I met him in a firefight,” Brunell said. “He just ended up being the next officer...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Oct. 5, 2006 – At each stop during a visit here yesterday, people asked Marine Gen. Peter Pace what stories are not getting out to the American people about the war on terror. In response, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff listed the three most significant stories from the war on terror that are not getting coverage. Pace said one of the most significant aspects of the war not getting coverage is the enormous number of women going to school in both Iraq and Afghanistan. The Taliban in Afghanistan forbade women from attending school. Now, almost...

The US military's top general warned Friday that forces unfriendly to the United States are brewing in the Americas, arguing that "together we need to do something about it." General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, singled out Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez who this week attacked President George W. Bush as the "devil" in a speech to the UN General Assembly. "There have been increases in government actions that are not friendly to us," Pace said in a question-and-answer session with Pentagon employees. "President Chavez is clearly not a friend to the United States." He said it...