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WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to approve President Barack Obama’s nomination of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Dempsey, currently the Army’s chief of staff, will succeed Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, who is due to retire Oct. 1.
The Senate also confirmed Navy Adm. James Winnefeld as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Ray Odierno as Army chief and Adm. Jonathan Greenert as chief of naval operations. Matthew Olsen was confirmed as director of the National Counterterrorism Center.
Denver Post wire services
