Wednesday, August 25, 2010

U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Conway Press Briefing -- News Roundup

PENTAGON BRIEFING - Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Aug. 24, 2010, to talk about his recent trip through the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, which includes the Middle East and Southeast Asia. DoD photo by R. D. Ward

Oorah! The Commandant's Prose, And Con-way... -- Time Magazine

General James Conway, the Marine commandant, told reporters at the Pentagon Tuesday that his 202,000 Marines are "pretty macho" compared to the 1.2 million Americans in the other services. He might just as well have been speaking about himself and his willingness to say what he thinks. After all, the Marines are the smallest -- and like to think of themselves as the most exclusive -- of the nation's military services. So they, and their leaders, exhibit a certain swagger that seems to free up their mouths a little more than those belonging to the Air Force, Army and Navy.

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More News On U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Conway's News Conference

Afghan exit is unrealistic, says US marines chief -- The Telegraph
Conway: U.S. Withdrawal Deadline Boosts Taliban in Afghan War -- Wall Street Journal
Conway says U.S. troops could be in Afghanistan for years -- CNN
Taliban may be misleading its forces on U.S. timetable, U.S. general says -- Washington Post
U.S. Marines Likely To Stay In Afghanistan 'For Years' -- Radio Free Europe
Top US Marine Predicts Security Transfer for Afghan South Will Take Years -- Voice of America
Taliban take comfort in US withdrawal plans: general -- AFP
Conway: Corps will be in Afghanistan past 2011 -- Marine Times
Obama's Afghan withdrawal date bolsters enemy - Marines -- Reuters
Marines Will Remain in Southern Afghanistan For Years: Conway -- Defense Tech
Conway: Afghan drawdown unlikely to include Marines -- Stars And Stripes
Top Marine Says Afghan Deadline May Help Taliban -- New York Times
Marine Corps Commandant Faults Withdrawal Deadline for Comfort to the Enemy -- Herschel Smith, Captain's Journal

Marine Macho Makes Corps Resist Uncloseted Gays: Commandant -- NPR
Most US Marines don't want gay roommates: general -- AFP
Marine commander: We'd adjust to openly gay people in military -- The Hill
Marines don't want to share rooms with gays: general -- Reuters
Marine Commandant: If Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed, we will "Implement and get on With it" -- FOX News
Officer: Marines Oppose Lifting 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' -- NPR
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James T. Conway: If 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Repealed, We'll Follow Law -- ABC News
Top U.S. Marine suggests segregating gay Marines from “very religious” ones -- Stars And Stripes

UPDATE 1-General Dynamics vehicle still under scrutiny -- Reuters
Marine’s Conway Gives (Another) Tepid Endorsement of EFV; Capability That Is -- Defense Tech

Did Marine Commandant James Conway cross a civil-military line? -- Shadow Government/Foreign Policy
General Conway versus the Commander-in-Chief -- Spectator

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