The Senate this week confirmed President Barack Obama’s nominees for four key military posts:
-- Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., to be commandant of the Marine Corps, succeeding Gen. James F. Amos;
-- Army Gen. John F. Campbell, Army vice chief of staff, to be commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, succeeding Dunford;
-- Navy Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, to be commander of U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, succeeding Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr.; and
-- Army Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Votel, to receive his fourth star and serve as commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, succeeding Navy Adm. William H. McRaven.