Jim Webb actually said...

My position is that the Security Council cannot authorize any military action, cannot mandate any military action.

Webb argues against U.N. Security Council's authority to authorize military action.

06/27/2011

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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?

Has your Service reviewed your European Command position to determine whether it should remain an O-10 position?

I do not think there is anybody in DOD who, if given a choice between being a four-star and being an SES, would pick being an SES.

Yes, but you are saying that that number has not really changed.