President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Peter Pace. Rumsfeld resigned in November 2006. By 2008, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, felt obliged to pen an open letter in which he reminded all servicemen that "The U.S. military must remain apolitical at all times." President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur On 11 April 1951, U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies. MacArthur was a popular hero of World War II who was then the commander
The President Vanishes against playing the role. Produced by Walter Wanger and directed by William Wellman, "The President Vanishes" began filming in Hollywood September 10, 1934. The film is described in John Douglas Eames' "The Paramount Story": Andre Sennwald reviewed the film for "The New York Times": "The President Vanishes" was adapted for the screen by Lynn Starling, Carey Wilson and Cedric Worth, with uncredited contributions by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. "Forty-two years later, paired in a revival with Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men", it could still stir audiences," wrote John McAleer. "For the initiated the film supplied a hint