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Last Updated: Aug 04 2009 - Silobreaker

Biography for Michael Mullen

Name: Michael Mullen

Title: Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

Organisation: US Department of Defense

Nationality: United States

General:

Admiral Mullen was sworn in as the 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on October 1, 2007. He serves as the principal military advisor to the president, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council.
A native of Los Angeles, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968.
He commanded three ships: the gasoline tanker USS Noxubee (AOG 56), the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough (DDG 20) and the guided missile cruiser USS Yorktown (CG 48).
As a flag officer, Mullen commanded Cruiser-Destroyer Group 2, the George Washington Battle Group and the U.S. 2nd Fleet/NATO Striking Fleet Atlantic.
Ashore he has served in leadership positions at the Naval Academy, in the Navy's Bureau of Personnel, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and on the Navy Staff. He was the 32nd Vice Chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to October 2004.
His last operational assignment was as commander, NATO Joint Force Command Naples/Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe. Mullen is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School and earned a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Prior to becoming chairman, Mullen served as the 28th Chief of Naval Operations.

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First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 5 Documents

Kansas State University

U.S. sees warfare as measured

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military must use measured and precise strikes, not overwhelming force, in the wars it is likely to face in the future, the nation's top uniformed officer said yesterday in outlining a revised approach to American security.The view ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by Philadelphia Inquirer]

Entities: Michael Mullen, United States, Kansas State University, Colin Powell, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 6 Documents

Stanley McChrystal

Mullen: Slow and steady in Marjah

ARLINGTON, Va. — The nation’s top military officer said the military offensive in Afghanistan is making “steady, but a bit slower-than-anticipated progress.”Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, at the Pentagon on Monday, said Taliban resistance has ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by Stars and Stripes]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Afghanistan, Military/Armed Forces, Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 3 Documents

Michael Mullen

No 'Knockout Punch' in Iraq, Afghanistan

Mar. 3: Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan.MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday that victory in Iraq and Afghanistan won't come in one glorious ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by FOXNews.com]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Iraq, Afghanistan

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 20 2010 - 2 Documents

Robert Gates

Gates, Mullen, To Join U.S. Delegation to Mexico

By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, March 19, 2010 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will travel to Mexico City next week as part of a U.S. delegation focused on helping ... [Published Mar 20 2010 by GlobalSecurity.org]

Entities: Robert Gates, Michael Mullen, Mexico, Merida Initiative

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 6 Documents

David Petraeus

"Israel's intransigence could cost American lives" (Peace, order and good government, eh?)

There's been a fair amount of coverage of what this CTV article refers to as a "feud" between the United States and Israel. But there's a bit of background I read last night that hasn't been reported in the major media outlets as far as I've seen. This ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Progressive Bloggers]

Entities: Israel, Michael Mullen, David Petraeus, United States

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

The Mullen Doctrine

Spencer Ackerman reports today on the Mullen Doctrine, unveiled in a speech at Kansas State University earlier this month. Echoing Clausewitz, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told his audience that Perhaps Mullens most provocative ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Mother Jones]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Military/Armed Forces, Instruments of National Power, Jim Baker

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Colin Powell

UMAPAGAN AMPIKAIPAKAN Sparing innocent lives with 'proper use of force'

2010/03/09WAR is ugly. Without exception. It is outrageously savage. It is barbaric. It is wrong. War should be avoided. So say rationality and reason. But on those occasions when we must engage -- when war is unavoidable -- we have strived to dehumanise ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by New Straits Times]

Entities: Colin Powell, Michael Mullen, Casualty

First Reported Mar 14 2010 - Updated Mar 14 2010 - 1 Documents

The Mullen Doctrine

Somehow I missed this story earlier in the month but in a review this morning of global security news , I discovered that Admiral Mike Mullen, the chair of US Joint Chief of Staff, had issued new guidelines for the conduct of war superseding those issued ... [Published Mar 14 2010 by MyDD]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Colin Powell, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

The ‘Mullen Doctrine’ Takes Shape

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen (Defense Department photo) It’s not the Mullen Doctrine — yet. But in a recent speech that’s attracted little notice outside the defense blogosphere, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by The Washington Independent]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Colin Powell, Jim Baker, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Joe Biden’s Trip to Israel: The Backstory

The press has been full of stories about the shabby way in which Vice-President Joe Biden was treated on his recent trip to Israel and his confrontation with P.M. Benjamin Netanyahu over the unexpected (to the United States) news that Israel was going ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by The Moderate Voice]

Entities: Joseph Biden Jr, Israel, Michael Mullen

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Pentagon vs. Israel?

The Nation -- Nearly a year ago, I wrote about General Keith Dayton's address to the annual Soref Symposium of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy , the pro-Israeli thinktank. In that address, I noted, Dayton -- who'd been assigned the job of ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Yahoo! via Wap]

Entities: Keith Dayton, Israel, Mark Perry, Daniel Pipes

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Report: Petraeus Warns Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen that Israel Is Jeopardizing US Security Interests

Veteran military and foreign affairs analyst and author Mark Perry reports that CENTCOM commander General David Petraeus dispatched a team of senior military officers in January to brief Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Michael Mullen on the Israeli-Palestinian ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Democracy Now!]

Entities: Michael Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff, David Petraeus

Blogs

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Mullen: Ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell "Righ... [Latest Political Hotsheet Headlines - CBS News - Feb 02 2010] Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen Says "It Comes Down to Integrity" - Both of Individuals and the Military Itself ...
Mullen: Give ‘Soft Power’ a Chance [Wired: Danger Room - Mar 04 2010] In Afghanistan, the top U.S. general has placed heavy restrictions on the use of force, limiting air strikes and artillery support. In a major speech last night, ...
Don't Ask Don't Tell Hearing -- Mullen Strong o... [Political Punch - Feb 02 2010] ABC News' Luis Martinez reports: Today’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell hearing was memorable on many fronts; namely Adm. Mike Mullen’s strong personal statement that gays ...
The Mullen Doctrine [MyDD - Mar 14 2010] Somehow I missed this story earlier in the month but in a review this morning of global security news, I discovered that Admiral Mike Mullen, the chair of US Joint ...
Gates, Mullen to testify on 'don't ask' [Federal Eye - Jan 28 2010] The Senate Armed Services Committee will quiz Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, Tuesday about the ...

Audio/Video

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Mullen Supports Ending "Don't Ask" [CBS - YouTube - Feb 02 2010]
Mullen Supports Ending "Don't Ask" [CBS News Online - YouTube - Feb 02 2010]
Mullen speaks in Kabul [CNN.com - Video - Dec 14 2009]
GPS: Mullen on Afghanistan [CNN.com - Video - Jan 08 2010]
Mullen: 18-24 Months to Turn Afghanistan War Ar... [Associated Press - YouTube - Dec 07 2009]