(Left to right) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Joan Shalikashvili, President Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Tipper Gore, Janet Cohen and Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen watch as troops from the joint services honor guard pass in review during the farewell ceremony for the Army general at Fort Myer, Va., on Sept. 30, 1997. Shalikashvili is retiring from the U.S. Army and his job as the nation's senior military officer and will be succeeded by Gen. Henry H. Shelton, U.S. Army. President Bill Clinton awarded Shalikashvili the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier in the ceremony.