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Topeka — General Richard B. Myers was keynote speaker at the Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library's 6th annual Veteran's Expo Thursday night. Myers is a native of Kansas City, Kansas and a 1965 graduate of Kansas State. He was the 15th Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, serving from 2001 to 2005.
Now retired, General Myers is Foundation Professor of Military History at K-State and holds the Colin Powell Chair of Leadership, Ethics and Character at National Defense University.
Myers speech was the highlight of the day-long expo, which included a display in the library parking lot of military vehicles and artifacts from the local Rolling Thunder chapter of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association.
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