<h1><nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" ">2 Leaders Ousted From Air Force in Atomic Errors
</nyt_headline>
</h1>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">function getSharePasskey() { return 'ex=1370491200&en=e32afb063e41a929&ei=5124';}</script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
function getShareURL() {
return encodeURIComponent('http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html');
}
function getShareHeadline() {
return encodeURIComponent('2 Leaders Ousted From Air Force in Atomic Errors');
}
function getShareDescription() {
return encodeURIComponent('The decision followed an inquiry into the mishandling of nuclear weapons that found systemic problems.');
}
function getShareKeywords() {
return encodeURIComponent('Suspensions, Dismissals and Resignations,United States Armament and Defense,Atomic Weapons,Air Force,Defense Department,Robert M Gates,Michael W Wynne,T Michael Moseley');
}
function getShareSection() {
return encodeURIComponent('washington');
}
function getShareSectionDisplay() {
return encodeURIComponent('Washington');
}
function getShareSubSection() {
return encodeURIComponent('');
}
function getShareByline() {
return encodeURIComponent('By THOM SHANKER');
}
function getSharePubdate() {
return encodeURIComponent('June 6, 2008');
}
</script>
<div id="toolsRight">
<script language="javascript">
<!--
function submitCCCForm(){
PopUp = window.open('', '_Icon','location=no,toolbar=no,status=no,width=650,height=550,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes');
this.document.cccform.submit();
}
// -->
</script>
<form name="cccform" action="https://s100.copyright.com/CommonApp/LoadingApplication.jsp" target="_Icon"><input name="Title" value="2 Leaders Ousted From Air Force in Atomic Errors" type="hidden"><input name="Author" value="By THOM SHANKER" type="hidden"><input name="ContentID" value="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html" type="hidden"><input name="FormatType" value="default" type="hidden"><input name="PublicationDate" value="JUN 06 2008" type="hidden"><input name="PublisherName" value="The New York Times" type="hidden"><input name="Publication" value="nytimes.com" type="hidden"></form>
<div class="articleTools">
<div class="toolsContainer">
<ul class="toolsList" id="toolsList">
<li class="email">
<a id="emailThis" onclick="s_code_linktrack('Article-Tool-EmailSignIn');" href="http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html">Sign In to E-Mail or Save This</a>
</li>
<li class="print">
<a href="/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html?_r=2&sq=gates%20Air%20Force%20actions%20on%20weapons%20procurement&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=print">Print</a>
</li>
<a href="/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html?_r=2&sq=gates%20Air%20Force%20actions%20on%20weapons%20procurement&st=cse&oref=slogin&scp=1&pagewanted=all"></a>
<li class="reprints"><a href="#" onclick="javascript:submitCCCForm();">Reprints</a></li>
<li id="post" class="post"><a href="#"> Share</a><ul class="hide" id="postList"><li class="linkedin"><a href="javascript:articleShare('linkedin');">Linkedin</a></li><li class="digg"><a href="javascript:articleShare('digg');">Digg</a></li><li class="facebook"><a href="javascript:articleShare('facebook');">Facebook</a></li><li class="mixx"><a href="javascript:articleShare('mixx');">Mixx</a></li><li class="yahoobuzz"><span class="yahooBuzzBadge-form" id="yahooBuzzBadge-form"><a href="http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/new_york_times/http%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252F2008%252F06%252F06%252Fwashington%252F06military.html"><span style="cursor: pointer; position: relative; padding-left: 20px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="background: transparent url(http://l.yimg.com/ds/orion/0.3.9/img/badge-logo.png) no-repeat scroll left top; cursor: pointer; display: block; position: absolute; top: 0pt; left: 0pt; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; height: 16px; width: 16px;"></span>Yahoo! Buzz</span></a></span></li><li class="permalink"><a href="javascript:articleShare('permalink');">Permalink</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">writePost();</script><script badgetype="text" src="http://d.yimg.com/ds/badge.js">new_york_times:http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/washington/06military.html</script>
<div id="adxToolSponsor"><table style="margin-bottom: 3px; margin-top: 3px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="53" width="93">
<tbody><tr valign="bottom">
<td width="93">
<div style="margin-right: 2px;">
<div align="left"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/adx_click.html?type=goto&page=www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/washington&pos=Frame4A&sn2=8a58f892/df348d86&sn1=ccda9071/3f1a8e7d&camp=foxsearch2008_emailtools_810907c_nyt5&ad=Choke_nowplaying&goto=htt
Marika Theros on 15 Dec 08Human Rights Watch report revealing steep rise in Afghan civilian deaths resulting from US and NATO airstrikes from 2006 - 2007
