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One challenge that Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford will face this fall as the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman will be the social changes sweeping the armed forces. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Joseph Dunford, new Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, to make call on women in combat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Dempsey rule’ for Marine women’s standards puts all troops in danger

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A female member of the U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo)

Marine Corps weighs lower standards for women after none pass Infantry Officer Course

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Joint Chief Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, before the Senate Foreign Relation Committee. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Martin Dempsey: Syrians training to fight Islamic State need protection

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

FILE - This Aug. 20, 2014 file photo shows Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey speaking at Madison Square Garden in New York. During a Pentagon briefing Thursday, Dempsey said it's possible to contain the Islamic State militants, but it can't be done permanently without going after the group in Syria. Speaking to reporters with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Dempsey said he wasn't predicting U.S. airstrikes in Syria, but said the problem must be addressed diplomatically, politically and militarily by America and its regional partners. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Joint Chiefs chairman distances himself from Obama promise on Afghanistan

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (right) listens Thursday as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Islamic State, al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front align as Pentagon reconsiders combat troops

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People watch smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rising outside Kobani, Syria, from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Islamic State airstrikes in Syria spur White House infighting over Assad benefit

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People watch smoke from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rising outside Kobani, Syria, from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Hagel: Assad benefiting from U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Ron Sachs/CNP Photo)

U.S. ground troops could be useful in some circumstances: Dempsey

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

U.S. Sen. John McCain campaigns for GOP senate candidate Ed Gillespie, right, at VFW Post 4809 in Norfolk, Va. on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Stephen M. Katz)

McCain: Strategy to confront Islamic State ‘not working’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama’s war advisers not instilling confidence on Islamic State strategy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 12, 2014 photo, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reacts as he listens to his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey. Kerry is in Ankara to press Turkey to join an international coalition against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Kerry to Senate: No ground troops against Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama greets members of the military upon his arrival on Air Force One at MacDill Air Force Base, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Obama will spend the night in Tampa and tomorrow morning he will receive a briefing at US Central Command about the ongoing military campaigns in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama tells troops no ground war in Iraq

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Tim Kaine, Virginia Democrat, speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House on April 3, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Tim Kaine to introduce authorization for military force against Islamic State

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

architects: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey remain in the process of continuing to shape Obama administration activities to rout the Islamic State terrorist group. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Pentagon open to U.S. ground troops in fight against Islamic State

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey, pictured, testify concerning the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 16, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Top general: Failed Foley rescue was ‘highest-risk mission’ ever

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III (left), commander of the U.S. Central Command, had wanted to be more aggressive in using ground troops in Iraq but did not win his superiors' or the White House's OK. (Associated Press)

CENTCOM leader sought ground troops in Iraq

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

'Get Ready': Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gives an ominous warning about a brutal, rapidly advancing militant group. (Associated Press)

Chuck Hagel delivers ominous warning on Islamic State terrorist threat to U.S.

By Ben Wolfgang and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Iraqi federal policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq. Tensions in the country have heated up as the extremist ISIL group has allied with more moderate, secular Sunni militant groups, many of whom are not even targets of U.S. operations. (associated press)

Sunni secularists blur picture of ISIL; targets for airstrikes hard to see

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, while testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing focusing on the Defense Department’s budget request for fiscal year 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two Iraqi divisions dissolved, Gen. Dempsey tells Senate panel

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times