You are correct AM, I will not say that I will always vote for a Republican ( were there ever a Dem that I truely felt would be a better choice I would definately vote for him), but I will ALWAYS (and proudly) be a Navy Chief! And if Killian did lose his faith in GWB's performance, I feel confident that as a Commanding Officer he would have provided some sort of correspondance/documentation up the chain of command that was a bit more official than just telling his secretary. I doubt if she would have had much input on the LT's career progression. So if that is the case, where is the poor performance evaluation from Killian?