On Monday, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Hugh Shelton told told Jon Stewart that a Clinton cabinet member proposed letting Saddam kill an American pilot as a pretext for war in Iraq:(And see this; and this excerpt from General S…
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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: White House Cabinet Member Suggested Killing an American Service Man to Justify War
December 10th, 2010 |
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Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: Iraq War “Based On a Series of Lies”
October 25th, 2010 |
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In his recently published memoir, “Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior,” General Hugh Shelton, who served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1997 to 2001, called the Iraq war “unnecessary” and said that the Bush team w…
Football chiefs declare war on football streams website Posted By : Paddy Chang
July 27th, 2010 |
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Live Internet TV | Online TV technology allows you to watch over 4,500 HD channels right on your PC.
Serbian, Italian army chiefs meet
June 28th, 2010 |
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The cooperation between the Serbian and Italian armed forces is good, said the Serbian and Italian army chiefs, who met today in Belgrade.
Generals Miloje Miletić and Vincenzo Camporini said there was mutual interest and willingness to improve that cooperation further in the future.
Schumpeter: Too many chiefs
June 24th, 2010 |
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Inflation in job titles is approaching Weimar levels
KIM JONG IL, the North Korean dictator, is not normally a trendsetter. But in one area he is clearly leading the pack: job-title inflation. Mr Kim has 1,200 official titles, including, roughly translated, guardian deity of the planet, ever-victorious general, lodestar of the 21st century, supreme commander at the forefront of the struggle against imperialism and the United States, eternal bosom of hot love and greatest man who ever lived.
When it comes to job titles, we live in an age of rampant inflation. Everybody you come across seems to be a chief or president of some variety. Title inflation is producing its own vocabulary: “uptitling” and “title-fluffing”. It is also producing technological aids. One website provides a simple formula: just take your job title, mix in a few grand words, such as “global”, “interface” and “customer”, and hey presto. …
SNS to elect party chiefs April 24
April 18th, 2010 |
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The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) will elect its presidency and main committee on Saturday, April 24, SNS legal advisor Nikola Selaković said. Selaković said at a press conference that the election would be attended by 3,200 party delegates from around the country, as well as delegations from abroad—Russia, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and other countries.
Olympic chiefs insist track safe as luger buried
February 21st, 2010 |
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Games chiefs have again defended the Olympic luge track amid lingering anger over the death of luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who was buried in his native Georgia on Saturday. The family of the 21-year-old and Georgian officials expressed concerns over the Whistler Sliding Centre track in the
Tadić to discuss resolution with party chiefs
February 20th, 2010 |
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President Boris Tadić is expected to meet with party heads to discuss forming a working group for preparing the Srebrenica resolution. According to daily VeÄernje novosti, this will be the first step towards writing the declaration that will condemn the crimes in Srebrenica, but is not expected to be deem the crimes as “genocide.â€
Foreign policy, defense chiefs meet UN sec.-gen.
December 11th, 2009 |
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Serbia’s foreign and defense ministers, Vuk Jeremić and Dragan Å utanovac, met today in New York with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. A statement from the MFA says that they informed Ban about Belgrade’s position on further civilian presence in Kosovo and Metohija in 2010.
Military chiefs reject ‘tacky’ Jordan’s offer to visit war-torn Afghanistan
October 26th, 2009 |
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Military chiefs have apparently rejected former glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan’s appeal to visit war-torn Afghanistan on Christmas – because she is too tacky for the troops.
They believe she would use the trip as a shameless publicity stunt to help flog her merchandise.
“Her bid was considered like all the others the MoD gets from [...]