A Semper-Fi Guy Takes the JCS Chair

Published May 5, 2015 4:03pm ET



President Obama’s decision to nominate Marine Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is a very good move. It’s also a little bit of a surprise: Even though it’s been clear for a while that Dunford was going to be the last man standing in the competition to succeed the outgoing chairman, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Dunford doesn’t fit the profile of an “Obama General.”

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