Hennequin said he would choose pillows over macarons--pastries produced by Lenotre--when it comes to investments. However, the company would like to continue working with the caterer, which supplies food for the company's high-end hotels, he added. Accor has shed assets over the years in order to focus resources on the hotels business, most notably its vouchers divist and respect of the troops on the front lines and in Congress. "Marty, your tenure as chief may go down as one of the shortest in Army history.  But it's your lifetime of accomplishment that brings us here today," Obama said.  Obama called America's servicemen and women "the best our nation has to offer, and they deserve nothing but the best in return, and that includes leaders."  The president also named Gen. Ray Odierno to be his Army chief of staff, a position that lives up to a promise by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to give Odierno, who is winding down as the  head of U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., a great job following three key deployments to Iraq. Obama said Odierno's leadership was critical to U.S.-led coalition success in Iraq. "He commanded the troops that captured Saddam Hussein, partnered with General Petraeus to help bring down the violence, and then transferred responsibility to Iraqi forces, allowing us to remove some 100,000 American troops and end our combat mission," Obama said. Dempsey will replace Mullen, who has been widely praised for his role at the top of uniformed leadership in the Pentagon. After the announcement, the Joint Chiefs Twitter page blasted: "Fully support President's nominations of Gen. Dempsey, Adm. Winnefeld and Gen. Odierno. Three great leaders who will do great things." Before his departure, Mullen said he expects a busy four months.  "There's still a lot to do between now and the 1st of October," Mullen told Fox News . "I expect a very busy and challenging four months." Appearing in several interviews Monday morning, Mullen said part of his job as chairman has been to try and "close the trust gap" between the United States and Pakistan, which has built up over many years. He and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently traveled there to "show the strength in terms of our commitment." "Certainly we're going through a difficult patch right now after the (Usama) bin Laden operation," Mullen said.  But he told another network that he's encouraged that the Pakistani government is launching a major offensive on militants in the North Waziristan area near the border with Pakistan. "It's a very important fight and a very imp