From: "Mark" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>> 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 

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