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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-06-08 06:05 AM
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Air Force leaders resign
Air Force leaders resign
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Posted : Friday Jun 6, 2008 6:14:06 EDT

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley and Secretary Michael W. Wynne were forced to resign Thursday during hastily arranged meetings with their Pentagon bosses.

Moseley was summoned from the Corona leadership summit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to an early morning meeting at the Pentagon with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss a report on the Air Force’s problems handling nuclear weapons.

The report, by Navy Adm. Kirkland Donald, director of naval nuclear propulsion, revealed widespread problems and convinced Defense Secretary Robert Gates that senior officials must be held accountable.

Moseley resigned in response.

Later in the morning, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England was dispatched to Wright-Patterson to ask for Wynne’s resignation, sources said. Wynne resigned during the meeting.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/06/airforce_moseleywynne_060508anmc/
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