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Old 10th September 2007 | 00:37
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brickhistory
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I will defer if you remember more correctly; my recollection is that Shinseki testified, then his successor was named. And Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz then threw him under the bus.

As for Gen Keane being named erroneously, I simply don't recall. I do believe, however, that Rumsfeld brought back from retirement Shoomaker (sp?) to send a signal to the upper military that you toe his line or don't expect to keep advancing. And it apparently worked...................until they retired and came out with their books.............

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edited to add:

Some googling revealed that archimedes is correct. A report of Shinsecki's successor was put forth in 2002, not after he testified to Congress.

He still hasn't commented publicly since his retirement on the Iraq war.

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