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vagabond

07-23-2011, 03:41 PM

SEATTLE (AP) — Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (http://www.seattlepi.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Joint+Chiefs+of+Staff%22), who counseled President Bill Clinton (http://www.seattlepi.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Bill+Clinton%22) on the use of troops in Bosnia and other trouble spots, has died, the Army said in a statement. He was 75.

Shalikashvili died Saturday morning at Madigan Army Medical Center (http://www.seattlepi.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=news&search=1&inlineLink=1&query=%22Madigan+Army+Medical+Center%22) in Washington state following complications from a stroke suffered on August 2004 that paralyzed his left side.

Read more: Retired Army Gen. John Shalikashvili dies - seattlepi.com (http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Retired-Army-Gen-John-Shalikashvili-dies-1556406.php#ixzz1SyVeXtfX)

finedavefine

07-23-2011, 06:46 PM

vagabond,

Thanks for sharing. RIP General Shalikashvili.

rickair7777

07-24-2011, 05:03 AM

RIP.

Nice guy with an interesting life story. I went to jump school with his kid, he came to our graduation and we had lunch back when he was a one star.