Army commander in Germany bounced
He acted inappropriately. That is such a Washington word. I wish the Army would stop using weasel words. Kind of amazing how many people are stepping down, maybe seeing their public lives coming to an end these days. Paterno and his president. Papandreou. Eddie Murphy. Heavy D. Herman Cain? Rick Perry? Berlusconi? Oops.
He acted inappropriately. That is such a Washington word. I wish the Army would stop using weasel words.
He acted inappropriately. That is such a Washington word. I wish the Army would stop using weasel words.
Kind of amazing how many people are stepping down, maybe seeing their public lives coming to an end these days. Paterno and his president. Papandreou. Eddie Murphy. Heavy D. Herman Cain? Rick Perry? Berlusconi?
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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