Later, when Air Force chief of staff Mike Moseley briefed Gates on the incident, Gates asked him how many generals were going to get fired over the mishap.

事后，当空军参谋长迈克·莫斯利向盖茨简要汇报此次严重事故时，盖茨问他在这次意外事故中有多少上将会被开除。

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The headquarters staff planned the action in which so many of our men were killed or wounded; the generals all have blood on their hands.

在参谋部部署的行动中，我们的伤亡很大，将军们都自觉有罪。

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Detailed administration has always been down to the director-generals and their staff running the various ministries.

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He disregarded warnings from the national security adviser during the first Gulf War, the chief of staff of the army, two former commanding generals of the Central Command, whose jurisdiction includes Iraq, the director of operations on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many, many others with great integrity and long experience in national security affairs.

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His starting point is General George Marshall, the Army chief of staff during the Second World War, who culled underperforming generals and promoted the better ones, constructing a ruthlessly efficient fighting force.

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