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− | General '''Peter Pace''' (b. 1945) has been the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 30, 2005. A Brooklyn native, Pace graduated the [[United States Naval Academy]] and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He has served in Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and Somalia. He has served in a number of positions in Washington, DC, including White House Social Aide and Platoon Leader, Special Ceremonial Platoon.<ref>http://jcs.mil/bios/bio_pace.html</ref> | + | General '''Peter Pace''' (b. 1945) has been the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 30, 2005. A Brooklyn native, Pace graduated the [[United States Naval Academy]] and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He has served heroically in Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and Somalia. He has served in a number of positions in Washington, DC, including White House Social Aide and Platoon Leader, Special Ceremonial Platoon.<ref>http://jcs.mil/bios/bio_pace.html</ref> |
[[Image:PeterPace.JPG|thumbnail|right|300px|Gen. Pace in Dress Uniform]] | [[Image:PeterPace.JPG|thumbnail|right|300px|Gen. Pace in Dress Uniform]] |
Revision as of 01:42, June 17, 2007
General Peter Pace (b. 1945) has been the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since September 30, 2005. A Brooklyn native, Pace graduated the United States Naval Academy and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He has served heroically in Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Japan, and Somalia. He has served in a number of positions in Washington, DC, including White House Social Aide and Platoon Leader, Special Ceremonial Platoon.[1]
In an interview by the Chicago Tribune on March 11, 2007, Pace reportedly said: [2][3]
- I believe that homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts. I do not believe that the armed forces of the United States are well served by saying through our policies that it's OK to be immoral in any way. ...
- As an individual, I would not want (acceptance of gay behavior) to be our policy, just like I would not want it to be our policy that if we were to find out that so-and-so was sleeping with somebody else's wife, that we would just look the other way, which we do not. We prosecute that kind of immoral behavior.
Liberal activists criticized his remarks:[4]
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal.) said, "We don't need moral judgment from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs."
- Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., who sponsored a bill to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, declared, "Our military is struggling to find and keep the soldiers we need. We are turning away good troops to enforce a costly policy of discrimination."
On June 8, 2007, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the premature replacement of Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.
References
- ↑ http://jcs.mil/bios/bio_pace.html
- ↑ Pace: Gay lifestyle a 'trust' issue, Aamer Madhani, USA Today, March 19, 2007.
- ↑ Chicago Tribune March 11, 2007. [1]
- ↑ Id.