ABC News | May 14, 2020 By Elizabeth McLaughlin
“Oh let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all the time. America, you’re calling us, still our home sweet home. And if we let this crisis change us, you know that it would make me more than sad, America’s been […]
Duke University, Office of Government Relations | April 30, 2020
Recent years have presented unique challenges to civil-military (civ-mil) relations in the United States. And then the global pandemic hit.
On April 23, Duke in DC and Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy (AGS) co-hosted a virtual congressional briefing with General Martin Dempsey G’84. Peter Feaver, a professor of […]
Martin Dempsey, retired Army general and former Joint Chiefs chairman, has a new book coming out in May called “No Time For Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most From West Point To The West Wing.” Dempsey sits down with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baron to discuss politics and leadership during a pandemic, why the U.S. didn’t do more in Syria sooner, and more. […]
Duke Today | October 18, 2019
President Vincent Price returned to Washington, D.C. on October 16 for a day of meetings and events that emphasized a host of Duke’s federal priorities and cultivated both new and existing relationships.
Price met with Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY), chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee. He thanked her for her steadfast support of […]
Association of the United States Army | October 2, 2019
Retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and 37th Army chief of staff, was selected by the Council of Trustees of the Association of the U.S. Army as the 2019 recipient of the George Catlett Marshall Medal for sustained commitment […]
The New York Times | September 6, 2019
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear
The White House is considering a plan that would keep most refugees who are fleeing war, persecution and famine out of the United States, significantly cutting back a decades-old program, according to current and former administration officials.
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In a letter to Mr. Trump on […]
Washington Examiner| May 21, 2019
By John Gage
Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey slammed President Trump for his plan to pardon several military members charged with war crimes.
“Absent evidence of innocence or injustice the wholesale pardon of US service members accused of war crimes signals our troops and allies that we don’t take the Law of Armed Conflict seriously. Bad […]
RedstoneRocket | March 20, 2019
By Wendy Reeves
During times of political and economic turmoil, retired Gen. Martin Dempsey offered hope when he spoke at the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Distinguished Lecture Series.
“Fear is such a powerful, powerful emotion,” Dempsey told a crowd of about 250 business and community leaders at the UAH Student Services Building […]
The University of Alabama in Huntsville | March 12, 2019
By Jim Steele
In a connected world awash in 24-hour news cycle information and disinformation, the United States will continue its vital global leadership role as long as its leaders remember the reasons for established global alliances, Gen. Martin Dempsey told defense and community leaders at The University […]
Mr. Brokaw recalls a meeting with Gen. Martin Dempsey in Iraq.
The New York Times | February 5, 2019
By Tom Brokaw, Opinion
To the Editor:
Re “The General and His Tweets,” by Carol Giacomo (Editorial Observer, Feb. 2):
The tweets about leadership by Martin Dempsey, the retired Army general, reminded me of a meeting I had with him in Iraq, where […]