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2008-12-19 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Prior to retiring in 2002, Admiral Dennis Blair served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command, the largest of the combatant commands.

During his 34-year Navy career, Admiral Blair served on guided missile destroyers in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and commanded the Kitty Hawk Battle Group. Ashore, he served as Director of the Joint Staff and as the first Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support at the CIA. He has also served in budget and policy positions on the National Security Council and several major Navy staffs.

A 1968 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Admiral Blair earned a masters degree in History and Languages from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has been awarded four Defense Distinguished Service Medals and has received decorations from the governments of Japan, Thailand, Korea and Australia.

And his GWOT and regionally specific intelligence background is found where?

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-19 09:45|| 2008-12-19 09:45|| Front Page Top

#2 ADM Blair is an honorable man and was a great officer. We are lucky to have him.

Posted by 49 Pan 2008-12-19 10:30|| 2008-12-19 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes indeed, so was General Tommy Franks, but his ORB did NOT include non-GWOT PACOM experience, a HUD assignment, White House fellowships, OGA liaison positions or budget experience. This fellow is a military politician, NOT an intelligence professional!

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-19 10:36|| 2008-12-19 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 Buddies with the SOCOM commander, Berserker?

More coastal interdiction, methinks someone is reading Poyer.

Posted by Skidmark 2008-12-19 20:37|| 2008-12-19 20:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Buddies with the SOCOM commander, Berserker?

More coastal interdiction, methinks someone is reading Poyer.

Posted by Skidmark 2008-12-19 20:37|| 2008-12-19 20:37|| Front Page Top

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