<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Looks like a double play for the Palouse!</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">General</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">James N. Mattis</span></font></b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">, </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">USMC</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> is the current Commander of </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Joint_Forces_Command" title="United States Joint Forces Command" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">United States Joint Forces Command</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">, a post held since November 9, 2007. </span></font></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">In June 2010, Mattis was passed over for selection to replace </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_T._Conway" title="James T. Conway" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">James T. Conway</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> as Commandant in favor of </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_F._Amos" title="James F. Amos" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">James F. Amos</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">. In July, he was nominated to replace </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Petraeus" title="David Petraeus" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">David Petraeus</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"> as commander of </span></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Central_Command" title="United States Central Command" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">United States Central Command</span></font></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">.</span></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jul 22, 2010, at 3:46 PM, Carl Westberg wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; ">>From the Boise Weekly, via Vandal Venue......"A Vandal has been nominated to head up the U.S. Marine Corps.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>After meeting with President Barack Obama, Gen. 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