page_title: Joseph J. Taluto
section_title: Nomination for Director, Army National Guard
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph J. Taluto / Nomination for Director, Army National Guard
caption_attribution_description: English: MG Joseph Taluto (R) and CAPT Phillip Esposito at FOB Danger, Tikrit, Iraq on March 3rd, 2005
context_page_description: Joseph J. Taluto is a retired United States Army general who served as the Adjutant General of New York. He held the rank of Major General. As such, he was the director of the New York State Division of Military & Naval Affairs, and served as overall commander of the New York Army National Guard, New York Air National Guard, New York Guard and New York Naval Militia. Taluto commanded the 42nd Infantry Division in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2006.
context_section_description: In May, 2009 Taluto was nominated for the position of Director, Army National Guard, a position second only to the Chief, National Guard Bureau in the National Guard's leadership. The director's position would have included promotion to Lieutenant General.
  Senate action on Taluto's nomination was delayed because of opposition from Siobhan Esposito, the widow of Captain Esposito. Mrs. Esposito argued through her blog and other forums that Taluto could have prevented the murders of her husband and First Lieutenant Allen had he enforced military regulations that proscribed death threats against superior officers, as well as other broad-based principles of military discipline. Esposito further argued that even if Taluto lacked specific knowledge of the actions of soldiers under his command, he was nevertheless responsible for his command's larger culture.
  Taluto's nomination had not been acted on by the Senate when Taluto withdrew himself from consideration and retired in February, 2010.
caption: Major General Joseph Taluto (R) and Captain Phillip Esposito (L) at FOB Danger, Tikrit, Iraq on March 3rd, 2005
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