Gen. James Amos, President Obama's nominee to be the next commandant of the Marine Corps reluctantly suggested that a name change for the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps might be warranted in his confirmation hearing last week. Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) a former Marine, Naval Academy graduate and Navy Secretary, pushed the subject when he questioned Amos during his Sept. 21 nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Webb argued that...
