In a hearing on Tuesday for the nomination for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Adm.

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In connection with a hearing on his nomination for a second two-year term as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the General was asked by the Committee's ranking member, Sen.

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The day after "W." accepted his party's nomination, Clinton Pentagon press spokesman Ken Bacon and General Hugh Shelton, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were mustered out to dispute the governor's assertion that two of the Army's divisions were not combat-ready.

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