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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (37572)	9/17/2000 10:21:28 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769667

Ex-military brass to endorse Bush The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Several retired military commanders, including some nominated to top posts by President Clinton, plan to endorse Republican George W. Bush for the presidency, the Bush campaign said Thursday. They include just-retired Persian Gulf commander Gen. Anthony Zinni; Adm. Jay Johnson, who retired as head of the Navy this summer; Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, who resigned as Air Force Chief in 1997; former Air Force chief Gen. Merrill McPeak; and former Marine Commandant Gen. Carl Mundy, said Mindy Tucker, speaking for Bush. She said the endorsements were expected next week. The Pentagon, responding to reports of the political debut of some of its top former officers, said Thursday that recently retired personnel are free to endorse anyone they like in the presidential contest. "Once a person has retired from the military, they are more free than when they are on active duty to express their political views," said Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. Craig Quigley. He noted that while retired military officers are under some restrictions on how soon they can get involved in businesses with defense contracts, they face no such "cooling off period" for political activity. Active-duty military personnel are prohibited from partisan political activities. There is little surprise in the choice of Bush over Democrat Al Gore among military officers. A survey in October of 3,000 leading military officers showed eight Republicans for every Democrat. About a fourth of those surveyed said they are independent or gave no preference in the mailed survey by the Triangle Institute for Security Studies. Gen. Ronald R. Krulak, a former Marine commandant who leads a veterans group for Bush, told The Washington Post that 85 high-ranking veterans are among those who will be added to the Bush camp. Many of them, he said, were upset by comments made by Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Joint Chiefs chairman, in defending the readiness of the military against criticism by Bush and running mate Dick Cheney, former defense secretary. quest.augustachronicle.com