In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Room" class="extiw" title="w:Roosevelt Room">Roosevelt Room</a> of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> <i>(at lectern)</i> introduces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="w:Admiral (United States)">Admiral</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mullen" class="extiw" title="w:Michael Mullen">Michael Mullen</a> <i>(second from left)</i> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_(United_States)" class="extiw" title="w:General (United States)">General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Cartwright" class="extiw" title="w:James E. Cartwright">James E. Cartwright</a> <i>(far left)</i> as his nominees to be <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Chairman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff" class="extiw" title="w:Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff">Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>, respectively.  <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_Defense" title="United States Secretary of Defense">Secretary of Defense</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates" title="Robert Gates">Robert Gates</a> stands alongside Bush.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
Taken on 28 June 2007
whitehouse.gov, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/06/images/20070628-1_p062807cg-0024-515h.html">President Bush Nominates Admiral Michael Mullen and General James Cartwright to Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>