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Chairman Stresses Professionalism to Combat Ethical Lapses
March 10, 2014 — The Defense Department needs to hammer home to service members what it means to be members of the profession of arms, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey said March 7 on the PBS “Newshour” program.The... MORE

Battaglia Honors Service Members, Families for Adaptability
March 10, 2014 — The military’s top enlisted leader praised service members and their families at Joint Base Langley–Eustis, Va., March 7 for their professionalism, flexibility and tenacity during a time of impending... MORE

DOD Supports U.S., Allied Response to Russia-Ukraine Crisis
March 6, 2014 — The Defense Department is working to support the coordinated U.S. response to Russia’s recent aggression toward Ukraine, and to help Ukraine and U.S. allies and partners in the region, DOD and... MORE

Hagel, Dempsey Outline U.S., Partner Approach to Ukraine
March 5, 2014 — In advance of their budget testimony this morning before a Senate panel, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey outlined Defense Department... MORE

Dempsey: Budget Cuts, Global Challenges Raise Risk to Nation
March 5, 2014 — Global security threats are not fading, even as the Defense Department looks for ways to balance worldwide security demands with diminished resources, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the... MORE

Winnefeld: Budget Request Balances Security, Fiscal Realities
February 27, 2014 — The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request seeks to balance the nation’s security needs with the realities of fiscal constraints, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here... MORE

Dempsey, U.S. Leaders Discuss Obama’s Afghanistan Decision
February 26, 2014 — BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Feb. 26, 2014 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff met with U.S. leaders here today to ensure they understood what President Barack Obama’s decision on Afghanistan... MORE

Chairman Disputes Notion of Declining U.S. Military
February 25, 2014 — The U.S. military has some fiscal constraints, but it is not a military in decline as some critics suggest, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Speaking with reporters traveling with him to... MORE

Dempsey Visits Afghanistan as Contingency Withdrawal Plans Begin
February 25, 2014 — Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived here today as White House officials announced that in the absence of a signed post-2014 bilateral security agreement,... MORE

Dempsey: Past Year ‘Surprisingly Positive’ for Afghan Forces
February 25, 2014 — By both NATO and Afghan accounts, the past year “has been surprisingly positive” for the Afghan national security forces, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey... MORE