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"General Hillier enjoys most recreational pursuits but, in particular, runs slowly, plays hockey poorly and golfs not well at all."Those are gonna be some big shoes to fill.
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RELATED: He said what he meant
His blunt talk made headlines, for example, when he referred to the Taliban as "detestable murderers and scumbags."*
He also raised the ire of some Liberals when he described the period of budget cuts to the military that began in 1994 as the "decade of darkness."