◼ The Mitt Romney campaign announced Wednesday it has formed a Military Advisory Council made up of 359 retired generals and admirals, each of whom has expressed his willingness to support a President Romney by providing expert national security advice if called upon to do so. - fellowshipofminds
◼ ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES MILITARY ADVISORY COUNCIL
◼ Service members purged from voter rolls in Florida... - WTSP News
◼ Federal officials say that absentee ballots being sent to U.S. military serving in Afghanistan may have been burned in a plane crash. - AP
◼ Romney campaign files federal suit to ensure all military ballots count in Wisconsin - Caroline May/Daily Caller
◼ VA: Military absentee ballots going AWOL in 2012 - MVP Project
◼ Breaking: GEN Tommy Franks, GEN Hugh Shelton Among 500 American Warriors to Run Full-Page Ad Endorsing Mitt Romney for President - PJM
A star-studded list of retired high ranking US military officers is set to shake up the presidential race as the nation heads into Election Day, November 6. GEN Hugh Shelton (USA-ret) and GEN Tommy Franks (USA-ret) are among the military heavyweights who are taking out a full page ad in Monday’s Washington Times, the Tatler has learned.
GEN Franks is probably best known as the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) from 2000 to 2003, during the war that ended the reign of Saddam Hussein in Iraq. He was appointed to head up the Middle East-centric command by President Bill Clinton and assumed command of CENTCOM on July 6, 2000. Franks served in the United States Army from 1967 to his retirement in 2003.
GEN Henry Shelton served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Clinton from October 1, 1997 to October 1, 2001. Shelton’s military honors include the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with valor device and three oak leaf cluster. He also commanded the United States Special Operations Command.
The full-page ad says “We, the undersigned, proudly support Governor Mitt Romney as our next President and Commander-in-Chief.” A note at the bottom of the ad says that the officers all paid for the ad themselves. The list includes officers who served in the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force.
