Trump visits Centcom, with sights on battling Islamic State
President Donald Trump on Monday paid his first visit to US Central Command, meeting officers who will form the tip of the spear in implementing his new strategy to defeat the Islamic State group.
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President Donald Trump on Monday paid his first visit to US Central Command, meeting officers who will form the tip of the spear in implementing his new strategy to defeat the Islamic State group. After a three-day break at his Mar-a-Lago estate in southern Florida, Trump stopped off at Centcom headquarters in Tampa on his way back to Washington. The Republican president, now in...
Author AFP Posted February 6, 2017 18:35 GMT
After a three-day break at his Mar-a-Lago estate in southern Florida, Trump stopped off at Centcom headquarters in Tampa on his way back to Washington.
The Republican president, now in his third week on the job, was due to have lunch with enlisted soldiers and deliver remarks in the early afternoon.
The military command is responsible for an area that includes the Middle East and Central Asia.
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