12/17/1998: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army, points to an aerial photograph as he briefs reporters on the bomb damage assessment of selected Iraqi targets during DESERT FOX (National Archives)42. CLINTON43. G.W. BUSHHOME
OVERVIEW:
BORN:
January 2, 1942;
Tarboro, North Carolina
EDUCATION:
North Carolina State University (BS, 1963)
HIGHLIGHTS: 1997-2001:
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
PORTRAIT:
DOD Photo
RESOURCES:
8/1/2001: President George W. Bush (left), Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (center), U.S. Secretary of Defense, and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton (right) meet at the Pentagon (DOD photo by Helene C. Stikkel)
2/17/1998: President Bill Clinton (second from right) talks to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Henry H. Shelton (left) about the situation in Iraq in the Pentagon. White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles (right) and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen (center) listen to Clinton’s remarks (DOD Photo)