"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message
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On Apr 22, 10:28 am, "La N" wrote:
"Jack Linthicum" wrote in message

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Carter, the closest thing we have ever had to a real active duty
officer, not staff or command, wanted everything justified and cut if
unjustified.

I'm not sure what you mean by 'real active duty officer'.

Carter never came under fire. G.H.W. Bush, JFK, Truman, Theodore Roosevelt,
Garfield, Hayes, Grant, Lincoln, Harrison, Jackson and Washington all did.

And I would suggest that since Eisenhower was able to survive in the US
Army through the 1920's and 30's, then he must have been pretty familiar
with how to justify what was necessary and what was not.