NEWS TRANSCRIPTS from the United States Department of Defense
Presenter: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates
June 08, 2007
DoD News Briefing with Secretary Robert Gates from the Pentagon
SEC. GATES:Good afternoon.
It is my honor to announce today that I will recommend to the president that he nominate Admiral Michael G. Mullen, the chief of Naval Operations, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding General Peter Pace when the latter's term of office concludes on September 30th, 2007.
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