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Omaha World-Herald
January 17, 2017
Former U.S. Strategic Command leader Gen. James Cartwright was among 64 people to receive presidential pardons Tuesday. Cartwright, 67, took over as the acting commander of the Offutt-based StratCom on July 9, 2004, and was sworn in as commander less than two months later. He is the onlyÃâà...
NBCNews.com
January 17, 2017
Among others, Obama pardoned James “Hoss” Cartwright, who was facing a long prison sentence for talking to New York Times reporter David Sanger ... Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright prepares to testify before the House Armed Services Committee about missile defenseÃâà...
New York Times
January 17, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday pardoned James E. Cartwright, a retired Marine Corps general and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about his discussions with reporters about Iran's nuclear program, saving him from a possible prisonÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
January 10, 2017
James "Hoss" Cartwright, who was vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before he retired in 2011, admitted to falsely telling investigators he did not confirm classified information to reporters writing about the Stuxnet computer worm and a covert U.S.-Israeli cyberattack on Iran's nuclear program.
Swimming World Magazine
July 4, 2015
Four-star General James Cartwright was not supposed to go to college. His grandparents had a farm in Rockford, Illinois, which Cartwright began working on as a kid. He would live on and tend to the farm over the summers until he was 13. His grandfather passed, and the farm was leased, opening a doorÃâà...
USNI News
May 12, 2015
The U.S. needs to rethink how it develops its future space assets from less purpose built platforms to more adaptive and agile learning machines, retired Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright said on Monday. Speaking at a forum on the future of civilian and military space efforts, the former vice chairman ofÃâà...
Business Insider
September 25, 2013
Gordon Lubold of FP reports that multiple current and former administration sources said Cartwright lost his clearance earlier this year. That delivers a big blow to the retired officer once regarded as Obama's 'favorite general,' who left the military and now serves in other military-related roles at the Center ofÃâà...
Slate Magazine
June 28, 2013
Two things drove Cartwright to take that step. First, he was a straight shooter (he was nicknamed “Hoss,” after an honest character named Hoss Cartwright on the old TV show Bonanza). He thought the military should respond to a president's request, and since nobody else was doing it, he did it himself.
New York Times
February 23, 2011
The Pentagon inspector general ruled out any improper liaison between the general, James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a young female officer who served as his military aide. But investigators questioned General Cartwright's judgment and command style in dealing withÃâà...
New York Times
February 23, 2011
The Pentagon inspector general ruled out any improper liaison between the general, James E. Cartwright, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a young female officer who served as his military aide. But investigators questioned General Cartwright's judgment and command style in dealing withÃâà...
