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President Barack Obama nominates Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a pick likely to win swift Senate confirmation. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
President Barack Obama nominates Marine General Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a pick likely to win swift Senate confirmation. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
President Barack Obama nominates Brooklyn federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch to be the next U.S. attorney general, who if confirmed, would be the first black woman in the job. Jillian Kitchener reports.
The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff says Washington has seen no signs that other regional foes of Israel were looking to join the attack by Hamas. "I have not seen any indications of additional players that are going to get involved to the detriment of Israel," said General Charles Brown at a NATO meeting in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Top US officer General Mark Milley says a US government default would harm the country's military, hitting readiness and morale. "There would be a very significant negative impact on the readiness, morale and capabilities of United States military if we defaulted," as well as "reputational damage internationally," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tells journalists at the Pentagon. SOUNDBITE
The progress of the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian troops is "steady", says US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. The progress of this counteroffensive is "steady and it's deliberate," Milley tells reporters after a meeting of Ukraine's allies at the US base in Ramstein, Germany, to coordinate military aid to Kyiv. SOUNDBITE