General Martin Dempsey, Army Chief of Staff, will be nominated by President Obama to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
Dempsey fits the bill as among the most battle-tested of today’s four-star generals, with two tours of duty in Iraq and a stint as acting commander of Central Command, which covers most of Central Asia and the Middle East. Not well known publicly, he has a reputation inside the Army for forthrightness and innovative thinking.
And, apparently, as a singer of songs.
