Saturday, January 6, 2007

Army's Vice Chief Apologizes

Who's Apologizing Now update

Gen. Richard Cody, the Army's Vice Chief of Staff, strongly voiced his frustration and disappointment on behalf of senior Army leaders. His frustration stems from a mass-mailing of a letter sent Dec. 26-28 to more than 5,100 Army officers who recently served, encouraging the former officers to consider returning to military service. "Every Army leader is just sick that this happened," he said Jan. 6....he Army is personally re-contacting the families of about 75 deceased officers and 200 wounded officers to apologize. "This is an inexcusable mistake. Five years into this war, the Army can do better than this -- and we will," Cody said.