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After Gen. Martin Dempsey stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Obama administration all but removed land mines from the U.S. arsenal. (Associated Press/File)

Land mines in U.S. military arsenal necessary

By Ted R. Bromund - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 26, 2017, file photo, Kentucky coach John Calipari gestures during the first half of the South Regional final against North Carolina in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Memphis, Tenn. When Calipari leads the U.S. men into the under-19 world basketball championship, they will travel to Egypt, home to enough violence lately that the Americans questioned whether it was safe enough to even go defend their title. Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is now USA Basketball’s chairman, and a conversation a few weeks ago that detailed the Americans’ security plans and procedures put Calipari’s mind at ease. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

US steps up security for U19 basketball tournament in Egypt

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Ex-chairman of joint chiefs gets honorary knighthood

Associated Press

President Barack Obama walks with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., his nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Walking behind them is Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pentagon’s top brass explores Islamic ideology’s ties to terror behind the scenes

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former Joint Chiefs chairman Dempsey joining NBA as adviser

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

President Barack Obama talks with the Joint Chiefs of Staff following a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 28, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

EDITORIAL: Obama’s idea to trust Iran, not his generals

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this photo taken May 6, 2015, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Obama administration is nearing a decision on how to improve and accelerate training of Iraqi security forces in light of recent setbacks against the Islamic State, including the possibility of new training camps that likely would require a bigger U.S. troop presence, U.S. officials said Tuesday. Dempsey said he has recommended changes to President Barack Obama but he offered no assessment of when decisions would be made. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Martin Dempsey: New U.S. hub in Iraq could be model

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

After Gen. Martin Dempsey stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Obama administration all but removed land mines from the U.S. arsenal. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon had no plan for Mosul’s fall in 2014: ‘There were a few surprises,’ Martin Dempsey says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Obama introduces (from left) Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Adm. James A. Winnefeld, the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Gen. Ray Odierno, the next Army chief of staff, during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House in Washington on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

INTEL IMPOTENCE: Obama admin ‘surprised’ by fall of Mosul, had no contingency plans

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Displaced people from Ramadi cross the Bzebiz bridge heading towards Ramadi as they return to their homes, in Ramadi, 65 km west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 21, 2015. A United Nations humanitarian agency says more than 90,000 people have fled the Islamic State group's advance in Iraq's western Anbar province, which has set off fierce fighting in and around the provincial capital Ramadi. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

CAL THOMAS: Was sacrifice of Ramadi dead in vain?

By Cal Thomas

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against IS and the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Martin Dempsey: Iraq experience has ‘déjà vu’ feeling

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Staff Sgt. Christian Fuentes motivates recruits with Company F, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, as he moves down the rows during the senior drill instructor inspection at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 23, 2013. The purpose of the inspection is to provide drill instructors an opportunity to test recruits in multiple areas, to include their uniforms.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin E. Woodle)

EDITORIAL: Transgender soldiers would lower U.S. military standards

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama, left, Vice President Joe Biden, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey applaud outgoing Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during a celebration in honor of Mr. Hagel's service, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Fort Myer, Va. Mr. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and top military brass praised Mr. Hagel at a farewell ceremony at Joint Base Fort Myer-Henderson Hall. Mr. Obama said the country is grateful for military progress on Hagel's watch.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Gen. Dempsey’s Saudiphilic essay contest

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, while testifying before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Martin Dempsey: Islamic State terrorists are ‘a bunch of midgets’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, while testifying before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Gen. Martin Dempsey arrives in Iraq for first since U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State began

Associated Press

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, while testifying before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Martin Dempsey raises specter of more U.S. troops to help Iraq fight Islamic State

By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel listens at left as Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin E. Dempsey speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Martin Dempsey: U.S. troops’ Ebola deployment could last 18 months

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State group is shown in Iraq's Anbar Province. Mass graves have turned up in Iraq's Anbar province that may contain up to 220 victims of the Islamic State group.
(AP Photo via militant website, File) — FILE

Mass graves found in Iraq’s Anbar province

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

France strikes Islamic State’s depot in Iraq

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press