1.0 link 90998 <![CDATA[Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/11/fallon-resigns-as-mideast_n_90998.html "The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran," the AP reports.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that Adm. William J. Fallon had asked for permission to retire and that Gates agreed. Gates said the decision, effective March 31, was entirely Fallon's and that Gates believed it was "the right thing to do."


Fallon was the subject of an article published last week in Esquire magazine that portrayed...

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