From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Mark"  wrote in message news:4442597b$1{at}w3....
>
> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
> news:4441ec90$1{at}w3....
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
news:44418d35{at}w3....
>>> Turns out it's about 4700 retired generals still kicking.
>>> http://www.slate.com/id/2139847
>>>
>>> "It's hard to get good numbers, but the Explainer
estimates that about
>> 4,700
>>> general officers are enjoying their retirement in the United States
>>> right
>>> now. (For a detailed look at the data and the Explainer's calculations,
>>> click here.) That means the six former generals who stepped forward to
>>> criticize Rumsfeld make up about one-tenth of 1 percent of the total
>>> community...."
>>
>> And what percentage of the retired senior generals WHO HAVE SERVED UNDER
>> RUMSFLED do they make up?
>
> Most of the retired senior generals have served under Rumsfeld so the
> percentage should be similar (though that 1/10th of a percent above is
> even less, as I understand the DoD has upped the number to 8,000).
>
> Only those that retired prior to 1975 didn't serve under him  joined in '78, made senior general in less than 22 years, then retired in
> '00>
>
>

I'd say the real question would be how many served under Rumsfield in the
last 5 years.

As a side line I wonder if any of the officers ever reported to or were
trained by / with Rumsfeld in his Navy reserve role.

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