In creating new defense strategy, Obama attempts to outflank Congress

As President Obama stood at the podium in the Pentagon briefing room Friday to outline the nation's defense priorities, the military stood with him. Their primary audience was a few miles across the river — in Congress.
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose beloved army will face a significant troop reduction under Obama's plan, was at the president's side. Marine Corps commandant Gen. James F. Amos, whose service will also shrink, stood just behind him. And over Obama's right shoulder loomed Gen. Ray Odierno, the former commander in Iraq who is now the army chief of staff.

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Scott Wilson, Greg Jaffe 08 Jan, 2012


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