Marine Gen. John J. Sheehan, 56, a candid Boston Irishman who views the military bureaucracy as an enemy beachhead, is among the three front-runners to become the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs Of Staff when current chairman John Shalikashvili retires in September.
March 24, 1997
THE DAILY FED
Marine May Head Joint Chiefs
If nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate, Sheehan, commander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command and one of the Corps' three four-star generals, would be the first Marine to hold the post created in the years after World War II.
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