U.S. relations with our 'ally' Pakistan took another ratchet downwards when Pakistan's foreign minister accused the U.S. of using Pakistan as a scapegoat after American head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen testified before Congress and accused Pakistan's ISI agency of supporting the al-Qaeda linked Haqqani network in planning and executing last week’s 22-hou...

US-Pakistani relations will deteriorate even further following today’s claims by Admiral Mike Mullen, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that the Pakistani ISI aided and abetted the attack on the US embassy in Kabul. Mullen told a Senate panel that, "With ISI support, Haqqani operatives planned and conducted a truck bomb attack, as well as the assault on our embassy.&qu...

This is a remarkable article for several reasons. Read it all, although I'll focus on this quote. South Korean patrol boats and corvettes are able to detect a mere 30 percent of submarines at a time when North Korea is increasing the frequency of submarine infiltration drills. According to data the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Intelligence Agency submitted to Democratic Party lawmake...

This is one of those important stories you won't see reported on much. General Chen Bingde, Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army of China arrived in Israel on an official 3 day visit to discuss military cooperation between the two countries. General Bingde's position is equivalent to the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, and this is the first time a Chinese off...

Barack Obama has nominated General Martin Dempsey for chairman of the joint chiefs of staff after the candidacy of the previous frontrunner, the president's favourite general, collapsed

The purpose of the press conference on Wednesday by Defense Secretary Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was to discuss the Roles and Missions debate the President called for earlier this year. The following is from the transcript of the press conference. SEC. GATES: Good afternoon. On April 13th, President Obama announced his framework for tackling our nation's considerable long...

There is a lot of truth in this RUMINT. This was the final list that was sent to the White House. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff = General Dempsey Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff = General Schwartz Chief of Naval Operations = Admiral Greenert Army Chief of Staff = General Odierno Something important has happened. A few of the reporters already know about it, all of it, and it is ...

Both Noah and CDR Salamander have this right, no matter how you look at it - General Cartwright has been taken to the mattresses by a smear campaign. General Cartwright is so completely done in the Chairman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff job that Loren Thompson has even brought up the rumor about his romantic involvement with the head of a government agency, although Dr. Thompson waited to reveal t...

Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, says Beijing has shown renewed commitment to curtailing Pyongyang's aggression following President Hu Jintao's Washington visit

When China says it this way, it means they are calling President Obama's bluff. China's ties with North Korea have drawn increasing criticism from the United States, and Admiral Mike Mullen, the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, remarked on Wednesday that he wished the Chinese would be more helpful. "The Chinese have enormous influence over the North, influence that no other nation o...