President Bush meets with Joint Chiefs in Washington
President George W. Bush meets the Joint Chiefs and Combatant Commanders in the Cabinet Room of the White House on January 29, 2008. Left to Right: General James Mattis, General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joshua Bolten,White House Chief of Staff,Vice President Dick Cheney, President Bush, Gordon England,Deputy Secretary of Defense. In foreground General James T. Conway, Commandant of the Marine Corps. and Admiral Michael G. Mullen Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (UPI Photo/Dennis Brack/Pool)
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