NBC: Gates to name replacement for JCS chairman Pace. "Gates told reporters he had recommended that Adm. Mike Mullen, currently chief of naval operations, replace Pace." Another Navy person ... NYT: "If confirmed, the admiral will be the first Navy man to be chairman since Adm. William J. Crowe, who served from 1985 to 1989."

Posted by Laura at June 8, 2007 01:24 PM