Obama picks foreign policy aide as chief of staff
By Nedra Pickler
President Barack Obama has chosen longtime trusted adviser and national security expert Denis McDonough as his fifth chief of staff.
President Barack Obama has chosen longtime trusted adviser and national security expert Denis McDonough as his fifth chief of staff.
Incoming military chief of staff Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista on Wednesday said he wants to render communist insurgents and their armed struggle “irrelevant” during his term as the head of the 125,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Jessie Dellosa announced on Tuesday the abolition of the military’s operational command in the nation’s capital by next week.
President Benigno Aquino III said Friday he has vetoed the bill fixing the term of the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at three years.
The recent ratification of the three-year fixed term of top officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines is a “significant development” to the organization, a military spokesman said on Tuesday.
If President Benigno Aquino III would have his way, his defeated running mate in last year’s elections would run the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC).
MANILA, Philippines—The Senate on Thursday moved a step closer to approving a measure fixing the term of the Armed Forces chief of staff to three years to keep him from being beholden to the appointing power, the President. The committee on national defense, chaired by Sen. Panfilo Lacson, wrapped up its hearing on Senate Bill [...]
MANILA, Philippines—The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff should have a fixed term of three years to have enough time to mobilize programs, in a consensus made on a public hearing conducted by the Senate of the Philippines, and some AFP officials Thursday. “The chief of staff should have a fixed term [...]
