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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is expected to name General Martin Dempsey as his new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday, a US source said.
The source, familiar with Obama's announcement but speaking on condition of anonymity, said Obama was “expected” to name Dempsey to the top uniformed military job on Memorial Day, the annual holiday remembering America's war dead.
The White House earlier issued an advisory saying the president, who is on his way back from Europe, would make Department of Defense “personnel announcements” in the White House Rose Garden on Monday.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and National Security Adviser Tom Donilon will attend the ceremony, the release said.
Dempsey will succeed the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen.
