rssRetired Generals: For a Few Dollars More
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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Don’t miss this mammoth USA Today investigation into retired generals and admirals receiving heaps of Pentagon cash for occasional “mentoring” work to their previous service branches — usually while they’re receiving not only their duly-earned pensions, but also generous military contractor dollars. Tom Ricks, who thinks the piece ought to contend for a Pulitzer, puts it into perspective:
My test on this is easy: Would George C. Marshall have accepted such payments? I doubt it. (Remember, he declined to write a memoir that would have made him wealthy because he thought it would have been improper to get into the failings of some of his comrades.)
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Comment posted November 20, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
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Comment posted November 20, 2009 @ 5:22 pm
That's the USA Today for ya, always hoggin' all the Pulitzers.
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