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Along with these policy-oriented jobs, Powell has served in demanding field assignments from infantry adviser in Vietnam to commander of an Army corps in Germany to chief of all forces in the continental U.S. He winces when anyone calls him a "political general" and claims he is "just a foot soldier." In fact, no one climbs to the top of the military hierarchy without political instincts, and nominations to the top command are as political as Cabinet appointments. Representative Dave McCurdy says everyone who deals with Powell learns "they don't come smoother than Colin...
...nation's military chain of command, Cheney is second only to the President. He is also the manager of the Pentagon's million-strong civilian component. Powell, who is Cheney's direct subordinate, runs the uniformed two- thirds (2.1 million on active duty) of the Defense Department. His job is to provide Cheney with the best military advice available from inside the services. He is then charged with delivering the forces necessary to carry out actions ordered by the President...
What a guy! What an anachronism! For Dunbar is not a 1990s yuppie who suddenly decides to take his Sierra Club membership seriously. He is a lieutenant in the U.S. Cavalry, circa 1864. Given command of a small fort deep in Sioux country, he finds that its garrison has mysteriously disappeared. That provides him the freedom for self-discovery and for developing peaceable relationships with the Indians, as well as a romance with Stands with a Fist, a white woman who was taken captive by Indians as a child (hauntingly played by Mary McDonnell...
...Pakistan. By joining publicly with the U.S. and its European allies, they have already made their most important contribution by proving that the confrontation with Iraq is not a neocolonial attack on the Arab nation. But if a war begins, the Islamic armies could vastly complicate problems of command...
...fighting starts, the biggest problem of all will be command and control, forging the various forces into a cohesive military whole. The Islamic troops are officially under the command of the Saudi chief of staff, General Khalid bin Sultan. But the Saudis use American weapons and tactics, while the Syrians operate like the Soviet army. Even talking to one another is difficult. The Saudis and Moroccans speak different Arabic dialects, while the Arabs have to use English to communicate with the Pakistanis and Bangladeshis...