Mr.Obama said he had spoken with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and with the Chairman of the military Joint Chiefs of Staff, Navy Admiral Michael Mullen.
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Secretary of Defense RobertGates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen have fallen into line behind the President's insistence that this statute be repealed.
As Secretary of Defense RobertGates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen both prepare to depart public service later this year, they have been making a series of public comments on how military spending should be managed in an era of fiscal austerity.
Defense Secretary RobertGates is recommending the nation's top Naval officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, to be nominated as the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.