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Shelton replaced John M. Shalikashvili, accstlaimed for his diplomatic ability, as the Joint Chiefs chair...
...conclusion I reach as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is that there are too many conditions today that were also present during inter-war periods," he said...
Shelton, who as the Joint Chiefs Chairman serves as President Clinton's primary military advisor, said his strategy to mantain U.S. interests worldwide would focus on "helping shape the strategic environment and deterring threats before they emerge...
President Clinton appointed Shelton the 14th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs at a time when the military has trimmed 700,000 people from its payroll in the past seven years and plans to cut at least 60,000 more positions...
...more recently Bold Al has phoned in sick. Last fall, as union-backed House Democrats were working to kill a bill that would have given the President "fast track" authority to negotiate trade agreements without congressional approval, Gore tried to talk Clinton into making his case before a joint session of Congress and spoke out in favor of the bill when preaching to the converted, the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. But he had nothing to say on the subject when addressing the national convention of the A.F.L.-C.I.O, which opposed the bill. "Clinton went in there and gave...