Navy Admiral Tapped for Pacific Command
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President Bush has nominated Navy Adm. William J. Fallon to succeed Adm. Thomas Fargo as commander of the Hawaii-based U.S. Pacific Command, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced Thursday.
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The White House withdrew its  nomination of an Air Force general to head the U.S. Pacific  Command on Thursday, a day after he fell victim to a growing  scandal involving a $23.5 billion plan to acquire Boeing Co.  refueling aircraft.
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Greg McMackin has been hired as the head coach at Hawaii, school officials said Wednesday.
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By Mick Walsh, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Mar. 14--Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, who has been named as a temporary replacement for Lt. Gen.
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Navy's roster might be a little confusing this year with Joseph B. Taylor, Joseph A. Taylor and Joseph A. Taylor.
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Army Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, who is finishing a tour as the No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq, has been nominated to take over as the Army's vice chief of staff, a position that would have Odierno running the service's day-to-day operations.
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President Bush will nominate former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to take over as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, two administration officials said Thursday.
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President Bush has picked a Kentucky cardiologist who is interested in fighting childhood obesity to be the nation's next surgeon general, the White House announced on Thursday.
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Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, carried out his orders, and declined to engage in public dissent. The end of his career is one more sign of the politicization of the American military.
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A U.S. Senate panel unanimously  recommended on Tuesday approval of the nomination of Robert  Gates, President George W. Bush's nominee to be defense  secretary.
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Jack Hayes, a World Meteorological Organization official, was named on Wednesday to lead the National Weather Service.
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President Bush tapped a former  Republican Party chairman to lead the veteran affairs  department on Thursday, and the White House confirmed that four  other Cabinet secretaries will be staying on.
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Iran is positioning its military to deny U.S. access to the Persian Gulf while acting as a "destabilizing" influence in the region, President Bush's nominee to command U.S. forces in the Middle East told the Senate yesterday. Adm. William J. Fallon said he favors using what one senator called...
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced today that Marine Gen. Peter W. Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will step down at the end of his two-year term in September, a decision Gates said he made to avoid possibly contentious re-nomination hearings before the...
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President Bush tapped a former Republican Party chairman to lead the veteran affairs department on Thursday, and the White House confirmed that four other Cabinet secretaries will be staying on.
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The Defense secretary's pick to chair his top advisory body is a Navy admiral known for managerial prowess.
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The U.S. military's Asia-Pacific commander said Thursday he doesn't expect China to refuse future requests for American naval ships to dock in Hong Kong, following his discussions with Chinese officials this week.