Cleansing the Air Force brass

Defense Secretary Robert Gates axed the top two leaders of the Air Force over nuclear mishaps, said Max Boot in a Commentary blog, and it

What happened

Defense Secretary Robert Gates forced out the top two leaders of the Air Force over what he called lax security and safety standards for the U.S. nuclear arsenal. In ousting Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley, Gates cited two incidents: the cross-country flight of an Air Force bomber wrongly armed with nuclear weapons and the mistaken shipment of high-tech nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan. (Reuters)

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