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...main defensive line of tanks and minefields--they called it a draw. EXFOR, as the attacking force, went into the battle with more tanks. At the end, OPFOR had 18 and EXFOR 22. "It went better than we had a right to expect," said General William Hartzog, a four-star officer and EXFOR's chief architect. "I've never won a game of Nintendo with my son in my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WIRED FOR WAR | 3/31/1997 | See Source »

...impeccable. As politics declines ever further, he has taken on the task of revitalizing civic life, which if successful will only raise the clamor for him to salvage politics as well. Perhaps the odor will get so bad that the presidency will be virtually handed to him, a four-star general of his own all-volunteer army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GENERAL'S NEXT CAMPAIGN | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...Army's most revered posts and is supposed to be the role model and champion of the service's 410,000 enlisted men and women. His office is situated in the Pentagon's prestigious E-Ring, right across the hall from General Dennis Reimer, the four-star Army Chief of Staff. The Army denied the charges on McKinney's behalf, and has no plans to dump his video...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SERGEANTS AT ODDS | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

DRUGS Elevated drug czar to Cabinet level, filling the post with a retired four-star general. Has proposed a $15-billion 1997 budget for fighting drug use, an increase of 9.3%. Promises to spend more on antidrug education and treatment programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE THEY STAND | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...tactics or weapons. Other U.S. military men say whatever MPRI did for the Croats--and many suspect more than classroom instruction was involved--it was worth every penny. "Carl Vuono and Butch Saint are hired guns and in it for the money," says Charles Boyd, a recently retired four-star Air Force general who was the Pentagon's No. 2 man in Europe until July. "They did a very good job for the Croats, and I have no doubt they'll do a good job in Bosnia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOSNIA: GENERALS FOR HIRE | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

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