Schwarzkopf Won’t Run for Senate

Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf said he will not run for the U.S. Senate in his home state of Florida next year, but he has not ruled out a career in politics down the road.

Schwarzkopf, 55, commander of Operation Desert Storm, told Parade magazine in an interview to be published Sunday that he is “absolutely not” going to run for the Senate.

“I’m so busy right now that I’m having trouble getting it all together,” said Schwarzkopf, who is retiring from the military in August. “And what I’m gonna probably try to do is, when I retire, just kind of get my thoughts and my ideas organized.

“I’d like to have a book, but I want it to be a good book. I love to speak. I love public speaking, and so there’s no doubt that I’ll be doing some speaking,” he said.

As for a future in politics, Schwarzkopf said in the interview, “What I’ve said is never say never. Because who knows? I may be 70 years old and decide that life is boring. . . .”