Martin Dempsey
Pentagon Takes Down Email Network Used By Hundreds of Military Personnel After Suspicious Activity
The Pentagon took the unclassified email network used by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey as well as hundreds of military and civilian personnel offline over the weekend, citing suspicious activity.
Dempsey: Obama Presenting False Choice Between Deal and War
Mashup: Media, Democrats Rip Iran Nuclear Deal
FLASHBACK: Dempsey Said Last Week ‘Under No Circumstances Should We Relieve Pressure on Iran Relative to Ballistic Missile Capabilities And Arms Trafficking’
Senators: Obama Counter-IS Strategy Failing
President Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State terror group came under harsh criticism from senators on Tuesday who said the United States is losing the war by not doing more to attack the group.
Dempsey: ‘The Global Security Environment Is As Uncertain As I’ve Ever Seen It’
Toxic Nation: After Ramadi, USA Shows Itself to be the Worst Kind of Friend
On the fall of Ramadi, Ash Carter, the U.S. secretary of defense, had this to say on CNN: “What apparently happened was that the Iraqi forces just showed no will to fight. They were not outnumbered. In fact, they vastly outnumbered the opposing force, and yet they failed to fight.” A few days earlier, Martin Dempsey, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made a similar point to a group of reporters in Brussels: “The ISF was not driven out of Ramadi. They drove out of Ramadi.”
These remarks constitute the latest evolution of administration talking points on our failing campaign against the Islamic State.
Not So Fast On Fighting Joe
It is not every general who can find himself praised at the website of the Weekly Standard and by President Obama himself on the same day. But a defining trait of Joseph Dunford, nominated this week to replace Martin Dempsey as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the universality of the respect that he commands. I have never heard a credible source say a bad word about the man. Come to think of it, I have never heard an untrustworthy source speak ill of him.
Inside the Ring: Marine Corps Commandant in Line for JCS Chairman
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, commandant of the Marine Corps, has emerged as a leading candidate to replace Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to defense officials familiar with internal discussions of the matter.
