Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey Makes Unannounced Trip to Iraq
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US JCS(BAGHDAD, Iraq) — U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Baghdad on Saturday to engage Iraqi and U.S. officials on the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The trip was unannounced, the Department of Defense said. It came just two days after Dempsey and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before the House Armed Services Committee about the progress of the campaign against ISIS. During that testimony, Dempsey said that the aim of the anti-ISIS fight is “Iraq first,” not “Iraq only.”
Dempsey also told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. could consider sending American troops to fight with Iraqi soldiers against ISIS.
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