Posts Considered for Commanders After Abuse Case

[Rose Siding]

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is considering new top command assignments that would possibly include promoting Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the former American commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, Pentagon and military officials say.

Such a move, which has been urged by senior Army officers and civilian officials now that an Army inquiry has cleared General Sanchez of wrongdoing, seems to reflect a growing confidence that the military has put the abuse scandal behind it.
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In essence, the personnel moves would put in place a rotation envisioned before the Abu Ghraib scandal, which prompted global outrage, Congressional inquiries, military trials for the American jailers - and offers of resignation by Mr. Rumsfeld to President Bush, twice.

But with the most senior officers cleared of wrongdoing, there is a belief among many at the Pentagon and in the military that the scandal may be receding in the rear-view mirror of public opinion.

According to civilian officials and military officers, Mr. Rumsfeld is considering the transfer of Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the current top commander in Iraq, to the military's Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., bringing a tested war fighter to the command now centrally responsible for evaluating and executing Mr. Rumsfeld's theories.

http://nytimes.com/2005/06/20/politics/20military.html?hp&ex=1119240000&en=c38f19bb1cd59173&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[shanti]

1. nothing new here...

the government does things this way. someone flucks up, and next thing you know, he's promoted! happens at all levels.

[daleo]

2. 144 new torture pictures being released.

At this rate, Sanchez will soon be promoted to president.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Rumsfeld considering shake-up in leadership

June 19, 2005, 11:13PM

Rumsfeld considering shake-up in leadership
U.S. commander in Iraq during prison scandal may be promoted
By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER
New York Times

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is considering new top command assignments that would possibly include promoting Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the former American commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, Pentagon and military officials say.

Such a move, which has been urged by senior Army officers and civilian officials now that an Army inquiry has cleared Sanchez of wrongdoing, seems to reflect a growing confidence that the military has put the abuse scandal behind it. It is one of two changes being considered that would involve new posts for senior generals who had previously been ruled out for nominations to the commands because of Senate outrage over Abu Ghraib, the officials say.

In essence, the personnel moves would put in place a rotation envisioned before the Abu Ghraib scandal, which prompted global outrage, congressional inquiries, military trials for the American jailers — and offers of resignation by Rumsfeld to President Bush, twice. But with the most senior officers cleared of wrongdoing, there is a belief among many at the Pentagon and in the military that the scandal may be receding in the rearview mirror of public opinion.

According to civilian officials and military officers, Rumsfeld is considering the transfer of Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the current top commander in Iraq, to the military's Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., bringing a tested war-fighter to the command centrally responsible for evaluating and executing Rumsfeld's theories. Under current thinking, his replacement would be Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, a former senior military assistant to Rumsfeld who heads the U.S. Southern Command in Miami.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3232352
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[Journeyman]

4. Hmm. Damage control before the release of the next batch of photos...

"Well, yes, there were terrible acts committed at Abu Ghraib, but no senior staff were implicated. Why look, some of them were recently promoted. Would the Pentagon promote someone who was under a dark cloud of suspicion?"

[cap]

5. a firestorm in Latin America as well...

people remember the brutality of disappearance in Lat. America as well

[rodeodance]

6. so-they think the abuse scandle is receding into the rear mirrow. um...

not in my book!!

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[teryang]

8. What shake up?

Promotions for wrongdoers losing a war of aggression?

[saigon68]

9. Scum bags and war criminals.

[Dover]

10. I sure hope that in some dark backroom somewhere, there are

a handful of ousted and retired Pentagon generals planning the Rumsfeld cabal's demise.

[Lochloosa]

11. The Shake Up needs to start at the top.....w/ the war criminals

[Frederik]

12. the scandal may be receding in the rearview mirror

Aren't they going to release new photos soon?

[Up2Late]

13. Posts Considered for Commanders (Sanchez) After Abuse Case (NYT)

(Sanchez lies to Congress, so what do they do? Give him a Promotion!) :mad:

Posts Considered for Commanders After Abuse Case

By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER
Published: June 20, 2005

WASHINGTON, June 19 - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is considering new top command assignments that would possibly include promoting Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, the former American commander in Iraq during the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, Pentagon and military officials say. Such a move, which has been urged by senior Army officers and civilian officials now that an Army inquiry has cleared General Sanchez of wrongdoing, seems to reflect a growing confidence that the military has put the abuse scandal behind it.

It is one of two changes being considered that would involve new posts for senior generals who had previously been ruled out for nominations to the commands because of Senate outrage over Abu Ghraib, the officials say. Those preliminary and still tentative personnel considerations were pieced together from interviews with a dozen civilian and military officials here, in Europe and in Iraq.

They offer a glimpse into Mr. Rumsfeld's tightly guarded decision-making process, not only on operations in Iraq but on the kind of senior military officers he believes will best carry out his vision of transforming the military into a lighter and more reactive force better able to take on global antiterrorism missions. In essence, the personnel moves would put in place a rotation envisioned before the Abu Ghraib scandal, which prompted global outrage, Congressional inquiries, military trials for the American jailers - and offers of resignation by Mr. Rumsfeld to President Bush, twice.

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Senior Army officers say selecting General Sanchez would reward his loyal service in handling one of the military's toughest assignments in Iraq at a time when the military did not supply him with the full support and personnel required by Army doctrine. Further, General Sanchez's promotion would showcase the nation's highest-ranking Hispanic officer and his compelling personal story of growing up poor in southern Texas and using the military as an escalator out of poverty, at a time when the Army is struggling to meet its recruiting quotas.

(more at link above)