Dempsey Attends Meetings with Brazilian Defense Leaders

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. The two leaders discussed continued bi-lateral partnerships between the two countries. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon, right, meet with Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira, Brazilian deputy foreign minister, in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. The two leaders discussed ways to continue bi-lateral partnerships between the United States and Brazil. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira, Brazilian deputy foreign minister, discuss how to continue bi-lateral partnerships between the two countries in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon, left, walk to bi-lateral meetings between U.S. and Brazilian leaders in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Brazilian Defense Minister Antonio Celso Amorim in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. The two leaders discussed Brazil's political, economic and social conditions and its relationship with the United States. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon, left, leave the Ministry Building after meeting with Ruy Nunes Pinto Nogueira, Brazilian deputy foreign minister, in Brasilia, Brazil, in March 29, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far right center, and Thomas A. Shannon, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, far right, have a meeting with Army Gen. Jose Carlos de Nardi, Brazilian chief of defense, far left center, and Antonio Celso Amorim, Brazilian defense minister, far left, to discuss their bi-lateral partnership, and Brazil's role in South America as an emerging leader in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as a translator tells him what Gen. Jose Carlos de Nardi, Brazilian chief of defense, is saying during a bi-lateral meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, March 29, 2012. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega
  • U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes the honor guard after departing a meeting with U.S. and Brazilian leaders discussing their bi-lateral partnership and Brazil's role as an emerging leader in South America, March 29, 2012, in Brasilia, Brazil. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega