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Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks about the shaping of Joint Force 2020 during the 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach, Va., May 16, 2012. Dempsey said the future calls for a military capable of deterring, denying and defeating threats across the entire spectrum of conflict.

WARFIGHTING CONFERENCE

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks about the shaping of Joint Force 2020 during the 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach, Va., May 16, 2012. Dempsey said the future calls for a military capable of deterring, denying and defeating threats across the entire spectrum of conflict.

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