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General Martin E. Dempsey, USA (born March 14, 1952) is the 18th and current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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The question of US intervention in Syria became more urgent over the weekend in light of the apparently execution style murders of more than 100 people, as many as 40 of them children.
How could it be otherwise, especially after one has seen the images of the tiny bodies wrapped for burial or worse, the images of those same bodies absent the wrappings, in all of their graphic clarity? Unless one's heart is made of stone, the sense that "we must do something, and do it now" is unavoidable. In fact, the sense that now may be a time for US military intervention was voiced by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey who told Congress that escalating atrocities in Syria could trigger a military response. Going even further, Arizona Sen. John McCain, referring to lack of US military involvement, called this "a shameful moment in US history…an abdication of everything America stands for and believes in." While I share Senator McCain's sense of moral outrage about current...The House is debating a $642 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that adds billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's spending blueprint...
The White House threatened on Tuesday to veto the House Armed Service Committee's version of next year's defense budget, arguing that the $642 billion measure adds b...
The House is debating a $642 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that adds billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's spending blueprint...
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers is challenging a new law that allows the indefinite detention without trial of suspected terrorists, even U.S. citizens seized ...
A course for U.S. military officers has been teaching that America's enemy is Islam in general, not just terrorists, and suggesting that the country might ultimately...
The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to draw a crowd bef...
The latest suicide bombings in the Syrian capital showed an increasing ruthlessness: The attackers struck during rush hour, setting off one blast to draw a crowd bef...
NAME: Martin E. DempseyBIRTH YEAR: 1952CAREER: Army chief of staff, April 2011-present; commander, Army's Training and Doctrine Command, 2008- 2011; deputy commander...
General Dempsey's Memorial Day message
Army Gen . Martin Dempsey to replace Adm. Mike Mullen as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Should the U.S. intervene?
The Senate voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Dempsey, who...
The American political system is still coming to grips with the loss of sovereignty resulting from the START treaty, rammed through the last Congressional lame duck ...
I didn't understand what it meant to be an American until I stood on Omaha Beach. Two weeks ago I was in northern France, a guest of U.S. Army Europe and the current...
The escalating "atrocities" in Syria could end up triggering a military intervention, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Fox News on Mond...
Will the US be forced to intervene?
White House counterterror chief John Brennan has seized the lead in guiding the debate on which terror leaders will be targeted for drone attacks or raids, establish...
The House passed a $642 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 that adds billions of dollars to President Barack Obama's spending blueprint and ...
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