1. Peter Pace was born on November 5,1945 and is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
25 Facts About Peter Pace
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Peter Pace retired from the Marine Corps and stepped down as chairman on October 1,2007.
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Peter Pace was replaced by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Mullen.
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Peter Pace was born on November 5,1945, in New York City's Brooklyn to Italian parents from Noci and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, graduating from Teaneck High School in 1963.
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Peter Pace received his commission in June 1967, following graduation from the United States Naval Academy.
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Peter Pace holds a Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University.
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In September 1971, Peter Pace attended the Infantry Officers' Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Peter Pace was promoted to major on November 1,1977.
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Peter Pace returned to Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, in August 1988 for duty as commanding officer.
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Peter Pace was advanced to brigadier general on April 6,1992, and was assigned as president of the Marine Corps University and commanding general of Marine Corps Schools at the Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Virginia, on July 13,1992.
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Peter Pace was promoted to lieutenant general and assigned as the director for operations, Joint Staff, Washington, DC, on August 5,1996.
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Peter Pace was promoted to general and assumed duties as the commander-in-chief of United States Southern Command on September 8,2000, until September 30,2001, when he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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On June 29,2005, Peter Pace appeared before the Armed Services Committee for consideration of his nomination and was later confirmed by the Senate.
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On September 30,2005, Peter Pace was sworn in as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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On November 29,2005, Peter Pace was present at a press conference given by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, where Rumsfeld said that "the United States does not have a responsibility" to prevent torture by Iraqi officials.
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Peter Pace drew a distinction between the national responsibility of the United States and the responsibility of individual service members, saying "It is the absolute responsibility of every US service member, if they see inhumane treatment being conducted, to intervene, to stop it".
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In 2006 Peter Pace was named Grand Marshal of New York City's Columbus Day parade.
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Specifically, Peter Pace questioned the existence of direct evidence linking the Iranian government to the supply of the weapons, explosively formed penetrators.
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On October 1,2007, Peter Pace officially retired at Fort Myer, Virginia.
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On one of his last days before retirement, Peter Pace gave a speech at Chaminade High School on Long Island, the high school of the first Marine who died under his command in Vietnam, Guido Farinaro.
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On October 1,2007, the editors of the National Review encouraged Virginia voters to draft Peter Pace to run in 2008 for the Senate seat to be vacated by retiring Senator John Warner.
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Peter Pace was named a director of ILC Industries, Inc.
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Peter Pace currently serves on the Secretary of Defense's Policy Board, and as chairman of the board for Wall Street Warfighters Foundation, an organization founded by principals of Drexel Hamilton that provides training support and job placement services for disabled veterans interested in careers in the financial services industry.
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Peter Pace serves on the board of advisors of the Code of Support Foundation, a nonprofit military service organization.
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Peter Pace became chair of the board of trustees for the Naval Institute Foundation on January 31,2017.