The nominees to become the next chairman and vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have pointed to Russia as the biggest threat facing the United States in subsequent hearings -- a comment that admittedly caught some lawmakers by surprise. Gen. Joseph Dunford, the nominee to be the next chairman, called Russia's behavior "nothing short of alarming" during his July 9 nomination hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee "In Russia, we have a nuclear power," Dunford said in...
