President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen, Martin E. Dempsey praised the service and legacy of retired Army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who passed away yesterday at age 78.
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army General Martin E. Dempsey presents a Soldier with the Purple Heart during a visit to Regional Command-South in Afghanistan, Dec. 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen.