From: Bill Lucy 

In article , nomail{at}hotmail.com says...
> Turns out it's about 4700 retired generals still kicking.
> http://www.slate.com/id/2139847

You must not have read the article, Mark. That's generals and admirals.
According to the source information ("The Explainer"), there are
approximately 1700 retired Army generals. I frankly think that number is
exaggerated, because the methodology for getting that number is flawed.

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