04/12/2011
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"So it would be your view that the Secretary of Defense has the authority under the legislative umbrella to declare that to be a four star?"
"Thank you very much, Senator Graham."
"each Service has a Chief and Vice Chief, but beyond that there appears to be little consistency across the Services"
"Right. I understand, but you could have a totally different allocation among the Services if the Secretary of Defense, for instance, were to decide--is that a correct assumption--from this statutory c..."