WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a new commander for the Marine Corps and a new leader in Afghanistan.
By voice vote this week, the Senate approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of Gen. Joseph Dunford to be commandant of the Marine Corps. Dunford succeeds Gen. James Amos.
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