February 15, 2012 — GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: (In progress) I’d like to welcome you all here. This is really a great for military families and I want to echo the thanks to Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden and I’ll say more about that in a second but I want to mention especially — there’s a great number of real dignitaries here — but I want to especially mention the Service
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February 15, 2012 — MCKEON: Hearing will come to order. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for joining us today as we consider the president's fiscal year 2012 budget request for the Department of Defense.To put this budget in context it's critical to examine the strategy that has informed its submission. At the outset, I want our witnesses to know that I
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February 14, 2012 — MR. ZAKARIA: General Dempsey, thank you for joining us.GEN. DEMPSEY: Thanks. I’m glad to be here.MR. ZAKARIA: You’re just back from Egypt.GEN. DEMPSEY: Mmm hmm.MR. ZAKARIA: Is it your best judgment, after meeting with Egyptian officials, Egyptian military, that the Americans who are being held there will be released and will be able to come back
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February 01, 2012 — GENERAL MARTIN DEMPSEY: You know, I’m tempted — after that introduction — to ask, “What are your questions?” It’s great to be here with you, and it’s an honor to be here but to also kind of, maybe in some way, to pull some things together here. I know I’m the last speaker therefore the only one standing between you and happy hour — that’s a
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