departing chairman = former chairman?

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Pakistan’s Spy Agency Is Tied to Attack on U.S. Embassy
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JANE PERLEZ 5 minutes ago
Pakistan’s intelligence agency aided insurgents who attacked the embassy in Kabul last week, said Adm. Mike Mullen, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/asia/mullen-asserts-pakistani-role-in-attack-on-us-embassy.html?hp

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@oristarA,

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Pakistan’s Spy Agency Is Tied to Attack on U.S. Embassy
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JANE PERLEZ 5 minutes ago
Pakistan’s intelligence agency aided insurgents who attacked the embassy in Kabul last week, said Adm. Mike Mullen, the departing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/asia/mullen-asserts-pakistani-role-in-attack-on-us-embassy.html?hp

Former chairman means that he WAS chairman, in the past,
but that he is no longer chairman.

Departing means that he is in the act
of leaving; maybe he is packing up his possessions and walking out, but he is still on the job.

David

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@OmSigDAVID,

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