“We are of the opinion that the Iranian regime is a rational actor,” said Gen. Martin Dempsey , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on CNN on Sunday. That sounds right to me, but his comment raises a tricky question: How much pressure will it take to get this “rational” country to curb its nuclear program? Read full article > >
President Obama is scheduled to make a rare visit to the Pentagon on Thursday to unveil details of a strategic review for the U.S. military that will consolidate missions and downsize the ambitions of the armed forces as they adjust to a new era of austerity, officials said. Obama, who will be joined by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will place his personal imprint on a new military strategy that Pentagon officials have been preparing for months in anticipation of the largest cuts to the defense budget since the end of the Cold War. Read full article > >
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Obama to unveil austere Pentagon strategy
The economy seems likely to define the tenure of the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, just as counterterrorism and combat preoccupied his predecessors.
Beyond the recent verbal confrontation between U.S. and Pakistani officials about the Haqqani network lies a delicate political-military effort to draw the Haqqanis into an end-game strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Adm. Mike Mullen, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , rebuked the Pakistani spy service, the Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, for using the Haqqani network as its “veritable arm” in Afghanistan. But U.S. officials know the ISI also facilitated a secret meeting during the last several months between the United States and a representative of the Haqqani clan. This is the double game that’s always operating in U.S.-Pakistani relations. Read full article > >
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What’s behind the U.S.-Pakistan rift
President Obama has chosen Gen. Martin Dempsey, the relatively new Army chief of staff, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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New Joint Chiefs chairman picked
Gen. Martin Dempsey is expected to be nominated by President Obama on Monday for the military’s highest ranking officer, the chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dempsey, current the Army chief, would replace Adm. Michael Mullen, who is retiring. The…
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Army Leader Favorite for Joint Chiefs
President Obama summoned one of his favorite and most trusted military advisers, Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, to the White House on May 21 for a one-on-one meeting . It was a Saturday, less than three weeks since the president had celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden with Cartwright and other members of his national security team. But this time, the president had bad news. Over the previous year, Obama had asked Cartwright on three occasions if he’d be willing to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the armed forces and principal military adviser to the president. According to two military officials close to Cartwright, who has served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs since 2007, the general demurred the first two times, saying he was looking forward to retirement after a 40-year military career. Read full article > >
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Gen. Cartwright, poised to lead Joint Chiefs, had his shot derailed by critics
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that a report of a new North Korean uranium plant lends “very visible life” to worries about its nuclear ambitions.
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North Korea Report Validates Concern, Mullen Says
A card with codes to access instructions for launching a nuclear attack went missing for months, says a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Bill Clinton.
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Ex-general: Nuke launch card went missing for months
The national debt is bad for the military, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen is telling business men and women and others on a three-day “Conversations with the Country” tour across the Midwest.
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Mullen: Debt is top security threat
Gen. Cartwright, poised to lead Joint Chiefs, had his shot derailed by critics
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
