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President Clinton spoke at the 50th anniversary of D-Day and visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial above Omaha Beach in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. The president paid tribute t…

Former senior military leaders presented their report Toward a Grand Strategy in an Uncertain World: Renewing the Transatlantic Partnership and discussed NATO, the European Union, and integr…

Committee members heard testimony from Department of Defense officials concerning a report by a Pentagon task force led by Wayne Downing after its investigation into the bombing of a U.S. ai…

President Bill Clinton and Defense Secretary Les Aspin spoke at a full military ceremony celebrating the long, distinguished career of retiring Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General …

At a ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, President Bill Clinton and others honored dead and living veterans who served in the armed forces in the war with Japan. In hi…

Party leaders spoke about Senator John Kerry’s candidacy for the presidency, his qualifications, and contrasted his positions to those of the Bush administration. They also talked about Vice…

Witnesses testified on potential military action against Iraq and a proposed resolution authorizing the president to use force to ensure compliances of past United Nations resolutions. They …

General John Shalikashvili spoke to reporters about his report to President Clinton on the prevention of nuclear proliferation. He expressed his support of Senate ratification of the Compreh…

President Clinton and others talked about the need to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. They said that ratification would make it more difficult for countries like Russia, China, Ind…

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…

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…

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 …