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
We are on the ground with them. We are providing airstrikes against targets that our U.S. service members on the ground with the opposition forces are able to identify as proper targets, and we are striking those,
That said, there are more overall IED attacks by the insurgents, and we are working on that problem,
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,
to what level they were visible or reviewed.
There's also no doubt in my mind that he does not see this battle as a battle between religions.
A bullet goes through skin even faster than white phosphorus does,
This enemy is very, very real, ... And the sacrifices we made, although very dear, are, in fact going to be looked upon by future generations as, again, a great generation of Americans.
They tried to warn the vehicle to stop, ... It did not stop.
There's no doubt in my mind, in talking to him, that if he could pick his words more carefully, he would,
They absolutely did the right thing, ... The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
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.
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,