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  Online NewsHour: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Discusses U.S. Campaign in Iraq -- November 7, 2005
Peter Pace, the principal military advisor to the president and the secretary of defense, discusses the U.S.-led operation to root out insurgents in Iraq.
GENERAL PETER PACE: We measure success of this operation by how quickly we are able to establish Iraqi government control of the area and we measure success by watching as time goes on the ability of the Iraqi armed forces and the Iraqi police to continue to provide that security.
GENERAL PETER PACE: I would say that the members of the U.S. armed forces understand clearly what they are allowed to do and what they are not allowed to do with regard to treatment of prisoners and detainees and they understand that they are to treat them humanely.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec05/pace_11-07.html   (2330 words)

  
  Peter Pace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
General Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first U.S. Marine appointed to this position.
Peter is a captain in the Marine Corps.
Peter Pace December 13, 2005 statement concerning the use of White phosphorus in Iraq.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Pace   (1183 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Newsmaker: General Pace -- March 31, 2003
PETER PACE: The Republican Guard and the special Republican Guards are in fact the regime's toughest soldiers and they are dying in scores right now.
PETER PACE: We have had some engagements, not major battles, but for the lieutenant and sergeant on the ground it's been a major battle,.
PETER PACE: What we knew, Jim, going into that attack, was that based on several sources of intelligence that it was highly likely that Saddam was in the place that we bombed.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/military/jan-june03/pace_3-31.html   (2823 words)

  
 CJS - Bio General Peter Pace   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
General Peter Pace was sworn in as sixteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sep. 30, 2005.
As the Vice Chairman from October 2001 to August 2005, General Pace served as the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, Vice Chairman of the Defense Acquisition Board, and as a member of the National Security Council Deputies Committee and the Nuclear Weapons Council.
General Pace and his wife, Lynne, have a son, Peter, a daughter, Tiffany Marie, and a daughter-in-law, Lynsey Olczak Pace.
www.jcs.mil /bios/bio_pace.html   (412 words)

  
 Gateway Pundit: General Pace Says Murtha Is Hurting Troop Morale
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked at a Pentagon news conference to comment on remarks by Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a Marine Corps veteran who has become a leading voice in Congress advocating an early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq (as he did during the Somalia Conflict).
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said during a news conference Thursday that Murtha's remarks about Iraq are damaging to troop morale and to the Army's efforts to bring up recruitment numbers.
Pace, the nation's top general, was asked specifically about an ABC News interview this week in which Murtha, 73, said if he were eligible to join the military today he would not join, nor would he expect others to join.
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com /2006/01/general-pace-says-murtha-is-hurting.html   (1309 words)

  
 A Conversation with Peter Pace - Council on Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
PACE: I’m responsible for doing a lot of the math that comes to the answers to your questions, and part of it is science and part of it is art.
PACE: Here’s what I understand the process to be, and that is that when the Department of Defense went to Congress this current year to fund the ongoing operations in the global war on terrorism, that Congress said that it should be part of a supplemental appropriation, not a part of the basic budget.
PACE: We had a regime in power that had done all the things that I told you about, which I will not repeat, plus it had certainly in the northeast corner a lab that was producing poisons.
www.cfr.org /publication/6785/conversation_with_peter_pace.html   (7764 words)

  
 ISN Security Watch - Gen Pace succeeds Myers as chair of JCS
Pace had previously served as Myer’s vice chairman of the JCS from October 2001 to 12 August this year.
Reuters quoted remarks by Pace at a US Naval Institute and the Marine Corps Association conference earlier this month when he said federal laws should be re-examined to ensure that the military could respond as effectively as possible to disasters.
Pace will be the first chief of the JCS to be assisted by a senior enlisted adviser.
www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=12998   (441 words)

  
 Marine Gen. Peter Pace:vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-Witness to Change
When Peter Pace received his commission as a Marine Corps officer 35 years ago, the Naval Academy graduate from Teaneck, N.J., entered a military far different from that of today.
As Pace progressed from a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam to his current position as the military's second highest- ranking officer, the soft-spoken, slightly built Marine witnessed dramatic changes within the nation's armed forces.
Today, Pace said, a lot of the military planning is done at the leadership level using video teleconferences.
www.globalspecialoperations.com /genpace.html   (3141 words)

  
 Pace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pace (speed), the speed at which movement occurs
Peter Pace, General, USMC, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pace (transit), an operator of buses in the suburbs of Chicago, USA
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pace   (149 words)

  
 VDARE.com: 07/21/06 - Italian-American, Marine Readers Give Gen. Peter Pace A Piece Of Their Mind
Pace is the son of legal Italian immigrants.
Instead Pace, by allowing himself to be used by the open borders wing of the U.S. government in a shameless, sniveling and contrived on-camera episode, has made a mockery of his position and the rule of law.
Pace will cry over supposed opportunities denied to the rest of the world...but he mentioned nothing about the opportunities denied to Americans who are looking for a better life and who depend on their government to protect them in that pursuit.”
www.vdare.com /guzzardi/060721_pace.htm   (1042 words)

  
 FOXNews.com - Transcript: Gen. Peter Pace on 'FNS' - FOX News Sunday | Chris Wallace
PACE: That would be up to the lawyers, but as I understand what they want to make sure is that the individuals who fired their weapons were firing at a time when it was logical for them to be firing their weapons and not indiscriminately firing their weapons.
PACE: I think every step of the way that the folks who have been responsible for investigating it have been trying to do the right thing, but, as we should be doing, we review the investigations.
PACE: First of all, as I know the facts, General Casey has an ongoing investigation, and what he decided was that until he sees the final results of that investigation, he will continue to do what he was doing.
www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,186858,00.html   (2176 words)

  
 Peter Pace information - Search.com
General Peter Pace (born November 5 1945) is the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first U.S. Marine appointed to this position.
General Pace was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian-American parents, and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Peter Pace December 13, 2005 statement concerning the use of White phosphorus in Iraq.
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 Little League Online
Peter Pace, nominated today by President George W. Bush to be the 16th Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said playing at Teaneck (N.J.) Southern Little League more than four decades ago was one of the forces that shaped his future.
Enshrinement in the Peter J. McGovern Little League Museum Hall of Excellence is conducted annually for a Little League graduate (or graduates) who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in their chosen profession and exemplify the values learned as children in Little League.
Pace is the highest-ranking active duty officer to visit a Little League Baseball World Series, and will be the first Marine to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
www.littleleague.org /media/pace_nominated.asp   (596 words)

  
 Marine Corps News -> Vice Chairman Gen. Peter Pace decorates 1st Marine Division wounded in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks with Sgt. Jerry McPherson, from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, after presenting McPherson with a Purple Heart for injuries recieved while serving in the Al Anbar Province.
Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff pins a Purple Heart medal on Sgt. Jerry McPherson, from Company E, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, after for injuries recieved while serving in the Al Anbar Province.
Peter Pace, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thanks 1st Sgt Alan Miller for his contributions and sacrifices in Iraq.
www.usmc.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200486103316   (1227 words)

  
 ABC News: Bush Nominates Pace to Lead Joint Chiefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
President Bush announces Marine Gen. Peter Pace, right, as his nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Friday, April 22, 2005, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House.
Pace is expected to easily win Senate confirmation.
WASHINGTON Apr 22, 2005 (AP)— President Bush on Friday named Marine Gen. Peter Pace, who quietly helped shape the Pentagon's role in the global war on terrorism, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
abcnews.go.com /Politics/wireStory?id=694022   (409 words)

  
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush on Friday named Marine Gen. Peter Pace, who quietly helped shape the Pentagon's role in the global war on terrorism, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The son of an Italian immigrant, Pace was born in New York City and raised in Teaneck, N.J. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and earned a master's degree in business administration from George Washington University.
Pace and his wife, Lynne, have a daughter, Tiffany Marie, and a son, Peter.
www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=35964   (641 words)

  
 New York Daily News - News & Views - B'klyn son to head joint chiefs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The widely predicted choice of Pace to succeed the outgoing chairman, Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, as senior member of the Armed Forces and top military adviser to the White House was expected to be formally announced soon by President Bush.
Pace, 59, a Naval Academy graduate who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Bogota and Teaneck, N.J., has been seen as a strong proponent of Rumsfeld's high-tech drive to streamline the military - a strategy that has run into resistance in the upper echelons of the Army.
Pace "is a ground guy, and that's certainly a good thing right now," said Lawrence Curb of the Center for American Progress.
www.nydailynews.com /news/story/302155p-258636c.html   (332 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
Currently, Peter Pace, as you mentioned, is the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Both General Pace and General Myers, the current chairman, are very well known around this building in the Pentagon for being in agreement.
Peter Pace bringing a breadth of military experience, combat experience from Vietnam, as well as Somalia the Southern Command to the job.
cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0504/22/lt.04.html   (4042 words)

  
 Saint Peter's College Football   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Saint Peter's again held Pace on their next possession and got the ball back with 5:01 to play in the first half at their own 15 yardline.
Saint Peter's took the second half kickoff and had their punt attempt blocked, with the Setters' Jim Padcun recovering the football in the endzone for a Pace touchdown.
Pace then continued a drive that started in the third quarter after a Sean Mayers fumble and converted into six points as Backus ran the ball four yards for a Pace touchdown.
www.spc.edu /athletics/football/index.php   (5462 words)

  
 Gen. Peter Pace | csmonitor.com
Pace's polished performance was in contrast to the controversy surrounding remarks by Britain's army chief, Gen. Richard Dannatt, who said Thursday that British troops should be withdrawn from Iraq "soon." After triggering a storm of controversy in Britain, Dannatt gave interviews Friday saying that he meant a phased withdrawal over two or three years.
When Pace was asked why Americans should not be dismayed at the results on the ground in Iraq, he said the enemy has "a 100 year plan according to the map they published about a year and half ago.
Pace offered a spirited defense to charges in Bob Woodward's new book, "State of Denial," that top generals had not been blunt enough in presenting their concerns about the war in Iraq to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
www.csmonitor.com /2006/1016/p25s01-usmb.html   (1070 words)

  
 Joint Chiefs of Staff - JCS Link
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace visits the physical therapy wing of Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, and talks with a Marine who is rehabilitating his injured hand, June 5, 2007.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace conducts a townhall meeting at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, and meets with 150 family members and soliders that are directly effected by the 12 to 15 month deployment extensions within the Central Command area June 5, 2007.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace stands in at an honor guard ceremony at the Malaysia Armed Forces Staff College in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, June 4, 2007.
www.jcs.mil   (599 words)

  
 DefenseLink Biography: PETER PACE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
General Peter Pace was sworn in as sixteenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sep. 30, 2005.
General Pace was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up in Teaneck, NJ.
In 1968, upon completion of The Basic School, Quantico, Va., General Pace was assigned to the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam, serving first as a Rifle Platoon Leader and subsequently as Assistant Operations Officer.
www.defenselink.mil /bios/pace_bio.html   (412 words)

  
 Top U.S. general slams Murtha comments - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked at a Pentagon news conference to comment on remarks by Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a Marine Corps veteran who has become a leading voice in Congress advocating an early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq.
Pace was asked specifically about an ABC News interview this week in which Murtha, 73, said if he were eligible to join the military today he would not, nor would he expect others to join.
Pace said he believes the violence, which flared anew Thursday on one of the bloodiest days in Iraq in months, will abate as more Iraqis become convinced that the December elections will produce a representative government that will improve their lives.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/10730592   (876 words)

  
 CNN.com - Top general defends Rumsfeld - Apr 11, 2006
Pace opened Tuesday's regular Pentagon briefing with a defense of the planning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where U.S. troops have been battling a persistent insurgency since the fall of Saddam Hussein's government.
Pace said plans for the invasion were significantly overhauled between the time Newbold retired and the day American troops crossed the Iraqi frontier in March 2003.
But Pace said "lots of concerns" were raised by both military and civilian leaders -- and Newbold was not one of them.
www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/04/11/rumsfeld.iraq/index.html   (625 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Marine Gen. Peter Pace: Witness to Change
Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has watched the military evolve over the past 35 years.
Establishing a joint environment had a huge impact on the military, Pace said, as did the change from draftees to volunteers.
Pace pointed out that the more senior reservists become in grade, the more difficult it becomes to continue to serve.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/10/mil-021030-dod01.htm   (1668 words)

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