Joint Chiefs of Staff - Page 13

May 2, 2016

Bergdahl's platoon mates: Head of Joint Chiefs knew he walked off base in 2009

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his base in Afghanistan June 30, 2009, and by December of that same year, the president's principal military adviser, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, knew those details, according to three of Bergdahl's platoon mates who spoke to Fox News.

May 2, 2016

Obama nominates Marine Commandant Dunford to lead Joint Chiefs

President Obama on Tuesday nominated Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

May 2, 2016

Report: Pentagon officials opened back-channels with Qaddafi regime to slow Clinton push into war

Pentagon officials were so concerned with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's push in 2011 to back Libyan rebels against Muammar Qaddafi that they opened their own back-channels with Qaddafi to try and prevent the U.S. from entering the civil war, according to a report that cited newly uncovered audio tapes.

February 3, 2016

New surgical technique allows for outpatient hip replacement surgery

Michael Burk found walking increasingly painful last year.

December 21, 2015

Joint Chiefs of Staff chair presses Congress to act on defense bill

The nation's top military leader pleaded with Congress on Monday to complete the defense bill before year's end as Democrats and Republicans on the Armed Services committees reached agreement on compromise legislation to pay for warfighters, ships and aircraft.

December 20, 2015

Dempsey: We could destroy Assad's air force but we won't

The Obama administration is opposed to even limited U.S. military intervention in Syria because it believes rebels fighting the Assad regime wouldn't support American interests if they were to seize power right now, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote to a congressman in a letter obtained by The Associated Press. 

December 20, 2015

Back from Africa, UN Ambassador Samantha Power says she's self-monitoring for Ebola

Fresh from her trip to some of the hardest-hit Ebola countries in Africa, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power said Friday she was self-monitoring for the virus and following federal guidelines.  

December 20, 2015

Fog of Ebola war: White House stance unclear as military leaders urge US troop quarantine

The White House would not say Monday whether President Obama thinks U.S. troops returning from the Ebola hot zone in West Africa should be quarantined, as the U.S. Army unilaterally imposed that policy on its own troops and the Joint Chiefs of Staff recommended the rest of the military follow suit.

December 20, 2015

Report: Syria response stalled under micromanaging White House

America’s foreign policy increasingly has been micromanaged by the Obama White House, effectively slowing the U.S. response to crises including jihadists’ rise in Syria, according to a detailed report by Reuters.

December 20, 2015

Pentagon stresses effort to limit civilian deaths in Syria and Iraq

The nation's top military officer says the United States and its allies are taking every precaution to limit civilian casualties as they continue air strikes against Islamic State group militants in Syria and Iraq.