General Joe Dunford
Joseph Francis Dunford Jr. is a United States Marine Corps General and is the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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May- 2019 -24 MayMiddle East
Trump approves plan to deploy 1,500 more US troops to counter Iran in the Persian Gulf
President Donald Trump will deploy 1,500 US troops to counter Iran in the region with plans for additional assets and weapons sales to allies
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Mar- 2019 -18 MarchMiddle East
US denies plans to leave 1,000 troops in Syria
The US denied that it intended to leave almost 1,000 troops in Syria, adding plans for a 200-strong 'peacekeeping' force had not changed
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Oct- 2018 -16 OctoberMiddle East
Foreign fighters continue to join ISIS in Syria, US Joint Chiefs chair says
Foreign fighters continue to flow into Syria to join ISIS despite its forces being largely decimated, US Joint Chiefs chairman Joe Dunford said
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Sep- 2017 -26 SeptemberWar
US detects no change in posture of N. Korean military, top US general says
The U.S. military has not detected any change in posture of North Korean forces despite the politically charged rhetoric coming from Pyongyang, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford said on Tuesday. “We haven’t seen a change in the posture of North Korean forces. We watch that very carefully,” Mr. Dunford said in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. On Monday, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho said the U.S. had declared war on his country. The remarks came after U.S. President Donald J. Trump tweeted that North Korea “won’t be around much longer,” if Mr. Ri echoed the views of the country’s leader Kim Jong–un. The White House later dismissed the notion that Washington was at war with Pyongyang. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said earlier on Monday that the U.S. is going to continue to pursue diplomatic efforts to resolve the North Korean crisis. “Hope that’s the way we’ll solve this,” he said.
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