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This farewell ceremony at FT. Meyer,VA. for outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Shalikashvili. William S. Cohen, Defence Secretary President Bill Clinton praised …

General John Shalikashvili, who recently resigned as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke about the future of the U.S. military. He lauded the men and women of the armed forces whose…

The Washington, DC area Boy Scouts honored General Shalikashvili. In his remarks, he spoke about the benefits of scouting and living in the U.S. and contrasted this with his childhood in Eas…

Secretary Cohen and General Shalikashvili released the report on the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers barracks in Saudi Arabia. They stressed that the Air Force has improved base security m…

The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony from Defense Secretary William Cohen and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Shalikashvili on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Secr…

Secretary of Defense William Cohen and General John Shalikashvili officially released the Quadrennial Defense Review. They and others Defense Department officials briefed reporters on the re…

On the day the Senate began debating the Chemical Weapons Convention, a White House ceremony was held in which President Clinton and other dignitaries urged the U.S. Senate to ratify it. The…

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General John Shalikashvili briefed Pentagon reporters on the Chemical Weapons Convention, sexual harassment allegations in the military and the missing Air Force …

Secretary William Cohen defended President Bill Clinton’s proposed fiscal year 1998 Defense Department budget of $259.4 billion. He agreed with some Republican criticism that too much was be…

During his first briefing at the Pentagon, Secretary William Cohen announced that his first trip abroad will be a visit to U.S. troops in Bosnia. He also outlined his priorities, including t…

President Bill Clinton, Defense Secretary William Cohen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commanders-in-chief of the armed services sat around a table. Before their meeting …

The Joint Chiefs of Staff paid tribute to retiring Defense Secretary Perry. The ceremony and military drills were held indoors at Ft. Myers because of cold weather. General Shalikashvili pra…