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Combat veteran Jonathan Vance appointed new chief of defence staff


The Conservative government has gone with an experienced combat veteran and team player as the country’s new top military officer.
Lt.-Gen. Jonathan Vance, as expected, was named chief of the defence staff by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday.
Vance, an army officer, takes over a Canadian Forces that is trying to deal with cuts imposed by the Conservative government, as well as a navy that is being hindered by a lack of ships for the near future.
But Vance’s Afghan war experience will come in handy as Canada settles into what is expected to be a long and drawn-out war in Iraq …read more

Source: Ottawa Citizen

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