Obama Names ‘Pragmatic’ Gen. Dempsey to Head Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Obama chose Memorial Day to announce that Gen. Martin Dempsey will succeed Adm. Mike Mullen as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Jeffrey Brown discusses the president’s announcement with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste Ward Gventer and Washington Post military correspondent Greg Jaffe.
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(Source: newshour.pbs.org)
