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SN SECURITY WATCH (05/01/05) - A dozen retired high-ranking US military officers have sent a signed letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing their “deep concern” over the nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales for the post of attorney general, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The officers included the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Shalikashvili, former Marine General Joseph Hoar, former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill McPeak, and the first US woman three-star army general, Claudia Kennedy.

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