Swannack

Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., who led troops on the ground in Iraq as recently as 2004 as the commander of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, on Thursday became the fifth retired senior general in recent days to call publicly for Mr. Rumsfeld's ouster.

April 2006 2006

Gen. Charles Swannack, former commander of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Think Progress » Breaking: Another General Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation 2006

Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr., who commanded the 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq until 2004, went further in an interview with the New York Times: “His arrogance is what will cause us to fail in the future.”

Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 15, 2006 2006

"We need to continue to fight the global war on terror and keep it off our shores," General Swannack said in a telephone interview.

April 2006 2006

(Both Abizaid and Wolfowitz later told Swannack he'd been right.) "I felt that Big Brother was watching, and if he saw something he didn't like, I'd be slammed for it," he says.

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007

(The company acknowledges the discussion but says Swannack had not yet been formally interviewed.)

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007

Andrew ChristieLos Osos, CaliforniaI don't doubt for a second the loyalty and dedication that generals Eaton, Batiste, Swannack, Newbold, Zinni and Riggs have for their country.

Mail Call 2007

Rumsfeld never reached Ramadi, where Swannack was based, in still another of Saddam's palaces — it was just too dangerous.

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007

Swannack went to Iraq twice, first in early 2003, when 7,500 paratroopers of the 82nd marched into Baghdad rather than jumped in, as had originally been planned.

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007

In photographs, striding purposefully before his troops in his maroon paratrooper's beret and desert camouflage, Swannack, who made 153 jumps himself, is a frightening guy.

The Night of the Generals Margolick, David 2007