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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts his second Facebook town hall meeting from his Pentagon office, March 13, 2014. The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request was a prominent topic in the chairman’s social media discussion.

CHAIRMAN TOWN HALL

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts his second Facebook town hall meeting from his Pentagon office, March 13, 2014. The Defense Department’s fiscal year 2015 budget request was a prominent topic in the chairman’s social media discussion.

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