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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(
CJCS
) is the highest-ranking military officer in the
United States Armed Forces
and is the principal military advisor to the
President
, the
National Security Council
, the
Homeland Security Council
, and the
Secretary of Defense
. While the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff outranks all other
commissioned officers
, he is prohibited by law from having operational command authority over the Armed Forces; however, the Chairman is permitted to assist the President and the Secretary of Defense in exercising
their
command functions
.
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