Peter Pace
Peter Pace
Peter Paceis a former United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman, and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others as the 6th Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001, to August 12, 2005, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command from September 8, 2000, to September 30, 2001. Appointed by...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth5 November 1945
CountryUnited States of America
To each of the families who have lost a loved one, I don't know how you find the right words to tell them how much we appreciate and respect the sacrifice that they have made, Generations of Americans have made those sacrifices that we could live in freedom, as we do today,
I can tell you categorically that any mal-treatment of any detainees by U.S. forces or coalition forces is totally unacceptable - that our orders have and will continue to be that we will treat everyone in our charge with - humanely and with respect.
From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.
From 8,000 miles away ... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.
If they are physically present when inhumane treatment is taking place, sir, they have an obligation to try to stop it,
None of those sources any more show us that he is still alive, ... The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer.
only a small number of Iraqi security forces are taking on the insurgents and terrorists by themselves.
You judge military threat in two ways. There're lots of countries in the world that have the capacity to wage war. Very few have the intent to do so. And clearly, we have a complex but good relationship with China. So there's absolutely no reason for us to believe there's any intent on their part.
Those targets were attacked by AC-130 gunships and by fighter aircraft from the carriers. And the compound from which they left, the command and control compound from which they left, was also struck,
There has not yet been a major ground offensive battle, ... There are, we know, negotiations going on between the opposition forces and the Taliban leadership for surrender.
We have been able to concentrate a great deal more of our aviation in support of the opposition forces,
But the intelligence that we gathered at the time indicated to us that this was in fact leadership, and we struck the leadership, as we will do next time we get that kind of intelligence,
A bullet goes through skin even faster than white phosphorus does,
We're going to position ourselves militarily to be able to take the appropriate, decisive military action if that's called for, but at the same time trying to create the atmosphere with military forces that will get the people to talk to each other and find a peaceful solution,