Speeches
- Gen. Dempsey Becomes the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff – Sep 30, 2011
- The Atlantic Council of the United States: Security and Partnership in an Age of Austerity – Dec 9, 2011.
- End of Mission Ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq – Dec 15, 2011.
- Duke University's Ambassador S. Davis Phillips Family International Lecture Series: A New Vision for the US Military – Jan 12, 2012.
- West Point Class of 2013 500th Night – Jan 21, 2012.
- Harvard University's John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum: Security Paradox – Apr 12, 2012.
- The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: A Conversation with General Martin Dempsey – May 1, 2012.
- Kansas State University's 161st Landon Lecture - Oct. 1, 2012
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