Tag: four star

On the same day that the Iraq Study Group offered its assessment on the deteriorating conditions in the Middle East, former Secretary of State Colin Powell called the conflict a civil war, joining a growing chorus of those who eschew the more benign-sounding “sectarian violence” terminology preferred by the Bush administration. “It looks like, smells […]

ViaReuters: Army dumps general for ‘personal misconduct’ The four-star general who headed the U.S. Army’s training program has been relieved of his duties for unspecified “personal misconduct” after a probe by criminal investigators, the Army said on Tuesday. Gen. Kevin Byrnes was fired from his position as commanding general of the Army Training and Doctrine […]