Media Confirms Race And Gender Of First Female African-American Admiral
WASHINGTON — Following the nomination of Vice Admiral Michelle Howard for promotion to four-star admiral, media sources have confirmed she is indeed the first African-American woman to receive such a post.
“Vice Admiral Howard has had a long and interesting career,” Frederick Kant, editor of U.S. News & World Report, told his reporters Wednesday. “So don’t say a single thing about it. Instead, talk about how she’s a woman. She is following in the footsteps of Gen. Dunwoody, the first female four-star general in the Army, and Gen. Wolfenbarger, the first female four star in the Air Force.”
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Hundreds of copies of her biography were printed for press release kits after her nomination was announced, all of which have gone unread, Duffel Blog has learned.
“Vice Admiral Howard is also black,” Kant said, pointing out the mention of Howard as an African-American and a woman without details of her service will do wonders for her confidence. “M…
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