Budget cuts: Nov 19, 2008
LAURA EMBRY / Union-Tribune Flag football coach Ricardo Sanchez Jr. conducted a drill for (from left) Peter Ramos, Tahjae Straughn, Dylan He and Geovahny Evans at the Azalea Recreation Center. PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune Loi Huynh played table tennis last week at the Balboa Park Activity Center, where elite pingpong players train and compete. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
She helps kids learn by doing Nov 10, 2008
But 6-year-old Ricardo Sanchez was emphatic in describing the activity. "This is not a game," he said seriously. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Hispanic Congressional Caucus honored Sanchez too soon Sep 25, 2008
I believe we all deserve a second chance, and so does Ricardo Sanchez ... The CHCI was too quick to hang the medallion around Ricardo Sanchez's neck, like an award to some Olympics star. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
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DELAISLA (de la Isla, Hispanic Link -- Column) -- It is simply too soon to honor Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who commanded coalition forces in Iraq in 2003 and 2004 when the Abu Ghraib interrogations that tarnished the nation took place. 700. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
An exit strategy for Iraq Jun 18, 2008
Support within the military for an exit is unlikely to be strong, but it could be critical in the furious public debate over the future of the US presence in Iraq, especially if more directly and forcefully voiced by retired generals such as Ricardo Sanchez, William Odom and Anthony Zinni, who have already spoken out against continuing in Iraq. Obama will need to negotiate with Iran, if only indirectly and through back channels. (Asia Times Online)
A timeline to Bush government torture Jun 18, 2008
Sept. 14, 2003 -- Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, in charge of U.S. forces in Iraq, issued a standard operating procedure for interrogation that authorized stress positions, environmental manipulation, sleep management and use of dogs. April 2004 -- Prisoner abuse by U.S. forces at Abu Ghraib comes to light and becomes a worldwide scandal. (Salon)
Kiss and Tell Jun 3, 2008
I understand former commander of our forces in Iraq, General Ricardo Sanchez, also has written a book that assails the Bush administration on Iraq. I think the American people have long since concluded the war was a mistake. (Townhall.com)
Tale of Two Books Jun 3, 2008
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Will you be purchasing Scott McClellan's 'tell-all' book. (Townhall.com)
Stand Operating Procedure, by Philip Gourevitch and Errol Morris Jun 2, 2008
As Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq, notes in his new memoir, "Wiser in Battle" (Harper), the 2002 presidential memo concerning Geneva "constituted a watershed event in U.S. military history.". "Essentially, it set aside all of the legal constraints, training guidelines and rules for interrogation that formed the U.S. Army's foundation for the treatment of prisoners on the battlefield since the Geneva Conventions were revised and ratified in 1949,"... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
McClellan's honesty comes too late May 31, 2008
You can file this on the same shelf with books by Colin Powell, Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, etc. I would be more impressed by one principled resignation than with a hundred of these "tell-all's". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Sanchez on Iraq errors: Don't blame me, I was just a general May 17, 2008
WASHINGTON To hear retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez explain it, the mistakes of the Iraq war that happened while he was in command there weren't his fault. Not Abu Ghraib, not the birth of the insurgency, not the decision to let rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr survive. (Anchorage Daily News)
Videogames That Leave You Hanging Apr 13, 2008
Console manufacturers must make such digital content a priority in order for it to catch on, suggests Ricardo Sanchez, vice president of content for Turner's game distribution channel GameTap ... GameTap's Ricardo Sanchez says that the industry's biggest players, such as Electronic Arts (nasdaq: - - ) and Activision (nasdaq: - - ), are still waiting for proof that the model will be profitable--and that waves of consumers will play these games. (Forbes -- Technology)
Defense: 911 call key in turnpike killings Apr 13, 2008
Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr. could face lethal injection if convicted after their trial, which is set for January ... "According to four government fingerprint examiners, Ricardo Sanchez handed in a toll ticket ... at 3:02 a.m. According to the FHP 911 tape, the murder happened nine minutes later, 50 miles north," Murrell wrote in his request that prosecutors turn over the call. (The Palm Beach Post)
Defense: Evidence withheldin turnpike murder case Apr 4, 2008
Attorney Donnie Murrell, who represents Ricardo Sanchez Jr., outlined the call in a motion filed Thursday that asks U.S. District Court Judge Daniel T.K. Hurley to order prosecutors to turn over the recording ... "According to four government fingerprint examiners, Ricardo Sanchez handed in a toll ticket ... at 3:02 a.m. According to the FHP (Florida Highway Patrol) 911 tape, the murder happened nine minutes later, 50 miles north.". (The Palm Beach Post)
Goodman: Have They No Shame? Nov 30, 2007
This past Saturday the Democrats chose retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez to give their response, the same general accused in at least three lawsuits in the U.S. and Europe of authorizing torture and cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in Iraq. This, combined with the Democrats endorsement of Attorney General Michael Mukasey despite his unwillingness to label waterboarding as torture, indicates that the Democrats are increasingly aligned with President Bushs torture... (Zmag.org)
Ex-adviser says split with Bush hurts, liberates Nov 23, 2007
" Retired Army Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who once led U.S. forces in Iraq, accused the administration of going to war with a "catastrophically flawed" plan. But Dowd was a member of Bush's political inner circle, enjoying a degree of power and intimacy that made his criticism all the more unexpected - and hurtful to those still close to the president, many of whom are Dowd's friends. "I care about him as a human being," said Mark McKinnon, a former Dowd business partner, who produced Bush's campaign... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ex-Iraq Commander Says Bring Troops Home Nov 22, 2007
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top commander in Iraq shortly after the fall of Baghdad, said this week he supports Democratic legislation that calls for most troops to come home within a year. . (Herald Sun)
McCain Says Kerik Reflects on Giuliani Nov 10, 2007
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer. CONCORD, N.H. Bernard Kerik did an irresponsible job training police in Iraq, presidential contender John McCain said Friday, adding to criticism of Kerik as Rudy Giuliani's former police commissioner surrendered to face charges in New York. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
McCain points to Kerik as reason to question Giuliani's judgment Nov 10, 2007
The Associated Press. By PHILIP ELLIOTT Associated Press Writer. (Concord Monitor)
POLITICS: McCain Says Kerik Reflects on Giuliani... Nov 10, 2007
McCain Says Kerik Reflects on Giuliani. McCain Says Kerik Reflects on Giuliani. (The Drudge Report)
Astore: Enemy Within Nov 9, 2007
To cite three examples, retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez recently and called the Iraq war "a nightmare with no end in sight." Another perspective came from formerly stationed in Iraq, who, writing in the Washington Post, also rejected the surge and called for rapid withdrawal as the best of a series of bad options. Finally, seven NCOs in the elite 82d Airborne Division (and then still in Iraq) offered graphic illustrations (on of the New York Times) of the one-step-forward, two-steps-back... (Zmag.org)
Your views: Religious experience Nov 6, 2007
"That makes my God different from others.Bill KunzweilerMelbourneThe difference is love versus hateI'm writing in response to a reverend's recent comments regarding a column by Cal Thomas in which Thomas states the Muslim God is not the same God that Christians worship.How can the reverend not conform to this statement? Parts of the Koran encourage taking over the world by force, imposing the religion on all mankind.Christian roots are the Old Jewish Testament and the New Testament, which... (Florida Today)
Iraq and Roll Oct 21, 2007
When former commander in Iraq Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez lashed the Bush administration for poor planning in the campaign, the press went wild. Sanchez's remarks were page-one news. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
* Opinion split as US Army officers soul-search over Iraq imbroglio Oct 19, 2007
Just on Friday, retired Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the former top commander in Iraq, criticized the administration's handling of the war as "incompetent" and "catastrophically flawed.". Much of the debate at Leavenworth has centered on a scathing article, "A Failure in Generalship," written last May for Armed Forces Journal by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling, an Iraq veteran and deputy commander of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment who holds a master's degree in political science from... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
'Doonesbury' Creator, Troops Publish Book Oct 19, 2007
Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (right) talks with then-U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a May 2004 flight from Kuwait to Iraq. EYE ON IRAQ. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
HEATHER'S BIG HEADLINE Oct 17, 2007
When retired Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez spoke before the Military Reporters and Editors Association he chastised the media s reporting on the war in Iraq. He nailed reporters for what he said was "unscrupulous reporting, solely focused on supporting an agenda and preconceived notions of the U.S. military." This statement received scant media attention. (Fox News)
CBS's Lara Logan on Iraq: 'We're Doing Extremely Badly' Oct 17, 2007
The news media "eagerly reported" comments from General Ricardo Sanchez, the former top commander in Iraq, "calling the war in Iraq a quote 'nightmare with no end in sight,'" FNC's Brit Hume noted Monday night before pointing out how "there has been considerably less reporting of his harsh criticism of the press in the same speech." Indeed, in his Friday address to a group of journalists, Sanchez regretted how "tactically insignificant events have become strategic defeats for America because of... (MediaResearch.org)
If You’re Traveling by Air, Urine Trouble Oct 16, 2007
00 candy bars under a monitor blaring out Wolf Blitzer s take on General Ricardo Sanchez, whether Magee s poem would have ended with his beautiful belief that he had Put out my hand, and touched the face of God or simply a wish that he could jump out the plane s window and go to the place of God. Now, those of you that read this column on a regular basis, know that I hate to complain or paint with a broad brush, so let me choose my words narrowly and carefully when I say that the entire air... (Human Events Online)
Iraq Withdrawal Is Not an Option Oct 16, 2007
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez recently spoke out with extraordinary candor in criticizing just about everyone involved in our military operation in Iraq. almost. (Newsmax)
Sanchez: Reporting of Iraq War Endangered Soldiers Oct 15, 2007
WASHINGTON The former top commander of coalition forces in Iraq may have called U.S. efforts there catastrophically flawed and unrealistically optimistic, but much of the criticism of the media by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez has been left unreported. In his speech to the Military Reporters and Editors Association in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sanchez accused reporters of "unscrupulous reporting, solely focused on supporting an agenda and preconceived notions of the U.S. military.". (Fox News)
Your say: Howard calls a November 24 election Oct 15, 2007
" People like you are dangerous! (That goes for all religous fanatics) Your faith in fairy tales keeps you from thinking. It's also cover for your obvious bigotry Posted by: Jon Fox on October 14, 2007 3:20 PM I sincerely hope little Johnny gets the kick in the backside he so richly deserves. This is the man who was only too happy to stick the WorkChoices broomstick up the rear end of ordinary workers (remember "Howard's battlers"?). The man who lied about refugees throwing their children... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Top US general hits out at lack of planning behind Iraq war Oct 15, 2007
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez has delivered one of the most damning assessments of US policy in Iraq, becoming the most senior war commander to do so. "There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight," he told reporters in Arlington, Virginia. (Guardian Unlimited)
Al Gores Nobel peace prize is a Oct 14, 2007
" It only demonstrates that leadership is not awarded but earned and that even those in the highes positions of power can only demonstrate their leadership if they have a clear vision based on facts and can persuade others of the worthiness of their goals. Mr. Gore, while I'm sure flattered by all of this attention and adulation, doesn't need it. Mr. Bush could earn all of these awards and still end up his presidency as perhaps the most ineffective, incompetent leader the country has had in... (Times Online)
Ex-commander calls Iraq effort 'a nightmare' Oct 14, 2007
Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, who retired in 2006 after being replaced in Iraq after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, blamed the Bush administration for a "catastrophically flawed, unrealistically optimistic war plan" and denounced the current addition of American forces as a "desperate" move that would not achieve long-term stability. "After more than four years of fighting, America continues its desperate struggle in Iraq without any concerted effort to devise a strategy that will... (International Herald Tribune)
Iraq a 'nightmare,' general says Oct 13, 2007
A year after his retirement, Ricardo Sanchez, who led U.S. forces during the Abu Ghraib scandal, levels a broad, biting attack. David S. Cloud, The New York Times WASHINGTON - In a sweeping indictment of the four-year effort in Iraq, the former top commander of American forces there called the Bush administration's handling of the war "incompetent" and said the result is "a nightmare with no end in sight."Lt. (News & Observer)
US ex-commander blasts White House Iraq stragegy Oct 13, 2007
In the bluntest assessment of Iraq by a former senior Pentagon official yet, retired Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez also lambasted US political leaders as "incompetent," "inept," "derelict in the performance of their duty" and suggested they would have been court-martialed had they been members of the US military. "There is no question that America is living a nightmare with no end in sight," said Sanchez on Friday, addressing a meeting of military correspondents and editors in Arlington, a... (Yahoo! Asia News)
Trying to outsmart the IEDs Oct 3, 2007
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the senior U.S. ground commander in Iraq, told Pentagon strategists that he hoped to minimize the military s footprint in Iraq by maintaining an occupation force that was two-thirds motorized and only one-third mechanized. What I don t want is a lot of tanks and Bradleys, Sanchez said, according to a senior Army commander. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Petraeus returns to war that now is his own Sep 14, 2007
Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the next commander in Iraq, presided over a deepening war and the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal. Sanchez was followed by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., recently depicted as pursuing a failed policy seeking to pass security responsibilities to unprepared Iraqi forces even as a low-level civil war threatened to blow apart Iraq last year. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Hersh: The General's Report Jun 18, 2007
On January 20th, the chief of staff at Central Command sent another e-mail to Admiral Keating, copied to General Craddock and Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, the Army commander in Iraq. The chief of staff wrote, "Sir: update on alleged detainee abuse per our discussion. DID IT REALLY HAPPEN? Yes, currently have 4 confessions implicating perhaps 10 soldiers. DO PHOTOS EXIST? Yes. A CD with approx 100 photos and a video - CID has these in their possession.". (Zmag.org)
Turnpike slaying trial is delayed Jun 16, 2007
A federal indictment alleges that Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez Jr., both of West Palm Beach, were responsible for the pre-dawn murders of Jose Luis Escobedo, his wife, Yessica, and their sons, Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damia, 3, off the shoulder of Florida's Turnpike in Port St. Lucie in October. That makes them "death penalty eligible," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Carlton. (The Palm Beach Post)
$100bn more to fight terror May 27, 2007
Last night, Ricardo Sanchez, the now-retired US general who led coalition troops in the Iraq war for more than a year after Baghdad's fall, said the situation was bleak and that only a large, long-term troop commitment could keep the US from facing defeat. "I think if we do the right things politically and economically with the right Iraqi leadership, we could still salvage at least a stalemate, if you will - not a stalemate but at least stave off defeat," Lt -Gen Sanchez said. (Scotsman)
Shell-Shocked at Abu-Ghraib? May 18, 2007
Shortly after that, Karpinski says, Pappas briefed Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the overall U.S. commander in Iraq. "At that point, Pappas just did not seem to be stable, but who could blame him after what he had just been through," says Karpinski, who was demoted after Abu Ghraib but has claimed that she was made a scapegoat in order to deflect blame from higher ranking officers (She has since left the military. (Time.com)
Sheriff: Slain family in drug trade Apr 21, 2007
A federal indictment says 23-year-old West Palm Beach men Ricardo Sanchez Jr. and Daniel Troya were responsible for the murders of 28-year-old Jose Luis Escobedo, his 25-year-old wife, Yessica, and their sons, 4-year-old Luis Julian and 3-year-old Luis Damian. The family had moved to Greenacres just months earlier from Brownsville, Texas, just across the border from the Mexican drug hub of Matamoros. (The Palm Beach Post)
No rush in turnpike slayings case Apr 13, 2007
The four people named by investigators in connection with the deaths are Danny Varela, 26, Daniel Troya, 23, Ricardo Sanchez, 23, and Liana Lopez, 19. Two other men - Juan Gutierrez, 20, and Kevin Vetere, 20 - face the same cocaine charges but are not considered among murder suspects. (The Palm Beach Post)
D.A. targets corruption in Lynwood; 5 indicted Apr 13, 2007
Besides Pedroza and Byrd, prosecutors on Thursday charged former Councilmen Reyes, Ricardo Sanchez and Armando Rea. Joel R. Isaacson, a criminal lawyer representing Pedroza and Rea, said the men were shocked by the charges, particularly those involving the city committee meetings. (Los Angeles Times)
Suit Dropped Against Rumsfeld In Torture Case Mar 28, 2007
The suit accuses Rumsfeld and three former high-ranking military officers: Col. Janis Karpinski, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, and Col. Thomas Pappas of ignoring the alleged torture of the prisoners. On Tuesday U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan turned down the lawsuit citing no precedence for holding officials like Rumsfeld responsible for what happens in the federal department. (All Headline News)
Afghanistan, Mar 6, 2007
Gunmen fired on a Sunni mosque in just after morning prayers and injured three people, a exploded near the headquarters of the Baghdad department, a British bomb squad expert was killed, an American Humvee was blown up, and Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez said that attacks on American forces were down to about 14 or 15 a day. Defense Secretary , who was touring Iraq and Afghanistan, complained that the news media was ignoring "the story of success and accomplishment" in Iraq. (Harper's Magazine)
New defendant in TCoast turnpike slayings Mar 6, 2007
They are Danny Varela, Ricardo Sanchez Jr., Daniel Troya, Liana Lee Lopez and Juan C. Gutierrez. Authorities have said that Varela, Sanchez, Troya and Lopez are connected to the execution-style slayings of Jose Luis Escobedo Jr.; his wife, Yessica; and their sons Luis Julian, 4, and Luis Damian, 3, in October on the shoulder of Florida's Turnpike at Port St. Lucie. (The Palm Beach Post)
Turnpike slayings still being probed Feb 24, 2007
Five people have been charged with selling cocaine Danny Varela, Daniel Troya, Ricardo Sanchez Jr., Juan Gutierrez and Liana Lopez. All but Gutierrez have been linked as suspects to the slayings in statements made by the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office. (The Palm Beach Post)
Underwater battle heats up this weekend Jan 26, 2007
Leading the Memorial boys push to reclaim their crown are senior Michael Flanagan and sophomores Adrian Lopez and Ricardo Sanchez. Flanagan is the top seed in the 50 free (22. (McAllen Monitor, TX)
Will Iran Enter the Iraq War? Jan 20, 2007
Ricardo Sanchez vowed to take Muqtada al-Sadr dead or alive, after Muqtada al-Sadr s led a Shi ite uprising in the southern Iraqi towns of Najaf, Kufa, and Karbala. In August 2004, the U.S. military air strikes against Muqtada al-Sadr s Mahdi Army in Najaf, Fallujah, and Baghdad s Shi ite Sadr City suburb. (Human Events Online)
