Joseph Dunford News
The top US military officer, Marine General Joseph Dunford, said on Monday he was committed to the US-Pakistan relationship.
In recent months, China has joined with Russia in calling for the US to suspend annual military drills with South Korea in exchange for Pyongyang halting its missile and nuclear tests as a first step toward direct talks.
New commander will be announced soon but it is not known if he would agree to retire or demand to be fired as General David McKiernan did when Defense Secretary Robert Gates replaced him in 2009 as the Obama administration adopted a new counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
South Korean and US troops began the large-scale joint drills, which are billed as defensive in nature, on March 1.
Turkey`s military said on Friday it was close to taking the northern Syrian city of al-Bab from Islamic State, a victory that would deepen Turkish influence in an area where it has created a de facto buffer zone.
Islamic State militants set fire on Thursday to oil storage tanks in a fresh assault on Ras Lanuf terminal in northern Libya.
The top US military officer landed in Iraq on Tuesday to get an update on the battle against Islamic State militants.
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