Gates Taps Aviator To Lead Marine Corps

As anticipated, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has chosen Gen. James Amos, a former fighter pilot, to be the next Marine Corps commandant and Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford to be assistant commandant. The idea of selecting an aviator, rather than a ground forces commander, to lead the leathernecks had been...

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