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On Deck: Naming Mideast Command
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[Wall Street Journal] - James Mattis is the current commander, and many Pentagon insiders say that Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, the current Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and a former top commander in Iraq, is the leading contender for the job. Gen. Mattis is due to step down
Were top commanders in Middle East relieved for refusing to stand down over ...
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[Greeley Gazette] - James Mattis, U.S. Central Command Commander requested the Stennis in order to maintain two carrier groups in the Middle East. The Pentagon has denied Ham's premature departure has anything to do with Benghazi. Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of
A Few Good Leaders of Men
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[Wall Street Journal] the invasion of Europe), Lucian Truscott ("one of the best American generals of World War Two"), Jack Keane (who, with historian Frederick Kagan, provided the intellectual firepower behind the surge in Iraq) and James Mattis (who, as head of
Navy replaces admiral leading Mideast strike group
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[Huffington Post] - It deployed four months earlier than scheduled in response to a request by the commander of U.S. Central Command, Marine Gen. James Mattis, to maintain two aircraft carriers in the Middle East. The Stennis replaced the USS Enterprise carrier group.
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