Originally Posted By Kimber This is a partial listing the Flag Officers of the US Military who have endorsed Hillary Clinton for President and Commander-in-Chief. If she’s good enough for these guys, she’s good enough for me. This is as wide-ranging and bi-partisan a group as any that has ever come together to support and endorse a candidate of any party. Together they have more than 1,000 years combined experience keeping America safe. If national security and defense are to be key aspects of the Presidential debate, these guys are ready to defend and secure Hillary’s nomination. Hillary was exactly correct when she said that she and McCain had experience and Obama gave a speech. Hillary and McCain will be able to have an issue based campaign while Obama can only offer liberal ideology to the mix. Just exactly who is endorsing Obama? 1. General Wesley Clark 2. General John M. Shalikashvili 3. General Johnnie E. Wilson 4. Admiral William Owens 5. Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard 6. Lt. Gen. Robert Gard 7. Lt. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy 8. Lt. Gen. Donald L. Kerrick 9. Lt. Gen. Frederick E. Vollrath 10. Vice Admiral Joseph A. Sestak 11. Major General Roger R. Blunt 12. Major General George A. Buskirk, Jr. 13. Major General Edward L. Correa, Jr. 14. Major General Paul D. Eaton 15. Major General Paul D. Monroe, Jr. 16. Major General Antonio M. Taguba 17. Rear Admiral Connie Mariano 18. Rear Admiral Alan M. Steinman 19. Rear Admiral David Stone 20. Brigadier General Michael Dunn 21. Brigadier General Belisario Flores 22. Brigadier General Evelyn "Pat" Foote 23. Brigadier General Keith H. Kerr 24. Brigadier General Virgil A. Richard 25. Brigadier General Preston Taylor 26. Brigadier General John M. Watkins, Jr. 27. Brigadier General Jack Yeager Kim
Originally Posted By Mr X I never understood the point of saying x# of years "combined experience"... It doesn't really work that way, the combined thing. I mean, we Americans therefore have BILLIONS of YEARS of combined experience with democracy, right? Impressive, ain't it? But anyway, interesting list. One thing I'll say for military folks, I believe they tend to lean towards conservative and "status quo", so take that FWIW (I don't think Obama would appeal to those sorts of people).
Originally Posted By tiggertoo That's only about 3% of the senior officers in the U.S. military. By senoir officers, I mean O-7 through O-10. As someone who works for the DoD, I don't think that list is all that impressive.
