This assessment was foreshadowed in a letter sent to the Joint Chiefs Chairman in January by the Chief of Naval Operations and Marine Corps Commandant.

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Gates then selected a successor to retiring Marine Corps Commandant General James Conway who was likely to be more tractable in deliberations about future military needs.

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Kirkpatrick), retired four-star general officers (Marine Corps Commandant Gen.

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