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| "Politics has no place in war policy." That's a good one! |
A war-time memoir from a former Secretary of Defense is nothing new. It is unusual, perhaps unique, for the number two man in the United States military chain of command to publish a memoir while his Commander in Chief is still in office and the war is still going on. I plan to read Bob Gate's new book "Duty" when available to the general public later this week. Part of my interest in the book stems from hearing Bob Gates speak at the MPSF Speaker Series last year. Like most, I've had to be satisfied with observing other's observations of the memoir as excerpts are revealed in the press and political talk show circuit. Rather than comment on the commentary (there are plenty of pundits filling that role), I'll wait until I've had a chance to read it myself. However, there is one excerpt getting a lot of attention that deserves a second look.
