Obama picks joint chiefs chairman
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May 31, 2011, Tuesday
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PRESIDENT Barack Obama announced Army General Martin Dempsey as his choice to succeed Admiral Mike Mullen as chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday, rounding out an overhaul of his national security team in his third year in office.
Marine General James Cartwright had long been rumored to be Obama's favorite, and the president singled him out for praise at yesterday's Rose Garden announcement. But he turned instead to Dempsey, an accomplished veteran of the Iraq war, to succeed Mullen.
Obama called Dempsey "one of our nation's most respected and combat-tested generals." The president also announced he has chosen Navy Admiral James Winnefeld to succeed Cartwright as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Army General Ray Odierno as his candidate to replace Dempsey as army chief of staff.
The nominees have to be approved by the senate, and Obama voiced hope that could happen in a timely fashion. Obama called America's servicemen and women "the best our nation has to offer, and they deserve nothing but the best in return, and that includes leaders."
The president then headed to venerable Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and to pay respects to all who have been killed in war.
Marine General James Cartwright had long been rumored to be Obama's favorite, and the president singled him out for praise at yesterday's Rose Garden announcement. But he turned instead to Dempsey, an accomplished veteran of the Iraq war, to succeed Mullen.
Obama called Dempsey "one of our nation's most respected and combat-tested generals." The president also announced he has chosen Navy Admiral James Winnefeld to succeed Cartwright as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Army General Ray Odierno as his candidate to replace Dempsey as army chief of staff.
The nominees have to be approved by the senate, and Obama voiced hope that could happen in a timely fashion. Obama called America's servicemen and women "the best our nation has to offer, and they deserve nothing but the best in return, and that includes leaders."
The president then headed to venerable Arlington National Cemetery to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and to pay respects to all who have been killed in war.
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