[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: September 29, 1994]
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 STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF LT. GEN. BUSTER GLOSSON, U.S. AIR FORCE

  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, the Committee on Armed Services has issued a 
report on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Buster Glosson, U.S. Air Force, to 
retire in grade, Exec. Rept. 103-34, which is printed and available in 
the Senate Document Room. As I observed on September 27, Lieutenant 
General Glosson's distinguished 29-year career includes: His service as 
an F-4 pilot in Vietnam for which he was awarded the Distinguished 
Flying Cross for 139 combat missions, primary responsibility for 
planning and implementing the air campaign in Operation Desert Storm, 
and service as the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and 
Operations.
  The committee has placed in room S-407, for review by Senators, a 
number of documents related to this nomination, including the report of 
a special review panel, materials prepared by the inspector general of 
the Department of Defense, and other documents submitted to the 
committee by the Department of Defense which contain information which 
the committee has treated as confidential. The committee also will make 
available to Senators, upon request, redacted versions of the panel 
report and the Inspector General materials.
  Mr. President, the printed version of the committee's report contains 
a typographical error on page 11, in the paragraph beginning with the 
word ``Fourth.'' The paragraph, in its entirety, should read as 
follows:

       Fourth, if he is not confirmed to retire in grade as a 
     three-star general, his retired pay will be reduced by 
     approximately $6,700 every year. While the committee agrees 
     that his improper communications merit serious administrative 
     action, the committee does not believe that a single incident 
     of non-criminal conduct in an otherwise distinguished career 
     warrants an annual reduction of $6,700 in retired pay. The 
     committee does not believe that one misstep, in light of his 
     total career, warrants compounding the consequences he has 
     already suffered by adding a $6,700 annual penalty.

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