Retired General and former Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Hugh Shelton endorsed Senator Clinton writing an op-ed in his hometown Tarboro, North Carolina newspaper The Daily Southerner. The money quote:

We need a president like Sen. Clinton, who understands that a successful foreign policy combines equal parts of economic strength, military readiness and diplomatic persuasion. We need a president who will work with allies and partners to bear the burdens we know are coming and to prepare for any other contingencies. In short, we need a president who will return America to its rightful place as the leader of all nations. Freedom is too important – and our men in women in uniform too precious – to ask them to bear the entire burden of its success in the world.

Senator Clinton has now received more endorsements from US military leaders than any other candidate in the history of the United States. It could be they have worked with her in role as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.