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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Martin Dempsey

A Kurdish peshmerga convoy drives towards the front line in Khazer, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 17, 2016. (AP Photo)
October 18, 2016, 3:43 am
Mosul is more than a potentially climactic military battle
Battle for Islamic State’s largest foothold in Iraq tests Obama administration’s strategy of relying on local forces
By Robert Burns
President Barack Obama watches as newly sworn-in Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., right, shakes hands with retiring Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey during his Armed Forces Full Honors Retirement Ceremony for Dempsey, Sept. 25, 2015, at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
September 27, 2015, 3:15 pm
Long-time Israel ally Dempsey steps down as US military chief
Gen. ‘Fightin’ Joe’ Dunford takes over as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from one of the only men to ever receive prestigious Israeli medal
By AP and Judah Ari Gross
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill before the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2015. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 30, 2015, 12:50 pm
US defense chief: Good Iran deal better than strike
Ashton Carter defends nuclear accord, but tells Congress the military option ‘needs to be there’ as a fallback
By Deb Riechmann
Senate Armed Services Committee John McCain (R-AZ) (L) talks briefly with Secretary of State John Kerry during a break in a hearing about the nuclear deal struck between Iran and six nations, including the United States, on Capitol Hill July 29, 2015 in Washington, DC (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
July 29, 2015, 10:25 pm
McCain: ‘Astonishing’ that US hasn’t seen Iran-IAEA deals
Army chief Dempsey says Tehran still a military threat, and contrary to Obama’s assertion, war isn’t the only alternative to agreement
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
July 29, 2015, 10:23 am
Iran deal turns up lobbying heat on US Congress
Both sides gather big money, use heavy pressure to convince politicians of how to vote on lifting sanctions under nuclear accord
By Laurie Kellman and Deb Riechmann
A Spanish UNIFIL peacekeeper drives an armored vehicle in the Lebanese town of Adaisseh, near the border with Israel, on January 19, 2015. (AFP/Mahmoud Zayyat)
July 29, 2015, 2:46 am
Top US general advises UN to improve peacekeeping
Correcting equipment shortfalls and developing rapid response forces can ‘save innocent lives,’ Martin Dempsey tells envoys
By AFP
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, right, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter take their seats as they arrive at the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Washington, July 7, 2015. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
July 7, 2015, 10:25 pm
US is only training 60 fighters to stop Islamic State
Defense Secretary Ash Carter tells Senate committee that program has fallen far short of envisioned thousands
By Deb Riechmann
US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey (R) participate in a news conference July 1, 2015 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
July 2, 2015, 1:57 am
Iran among states posing ‘serious security concerns,’ says US military
Quadrennial strategy report warns of Russia, China role in growing ‘global disorder,’ erosion in US technological edge over enemies
By AFP
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, April 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 17, 2015, 11:35 am
US military leaders to defend Obama’s Middle East policies
Defense secretary and chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff to address administration’s regional strategy before a House committee
By Deb Riechmann
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey in Jerusalem, June 11, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
June 14, 2015, 6:01 am
Israel said to urge US to increase aid to Syrian Druze
Request comes after Jerusalem nixes direct involvement; Israel’s Druze rally to save community, avert ‘holocaust’
By ToI Staff and AP
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, accompanied by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, April 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
June 14, 2015, 5:01 am
US military chief wary of deeper involvement in IS fight
Gen. Martin Dempsey says a unified Iraq must defeat jihadists, if the victory is to last
By Robert Burns
National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen at a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting, September 2, 2014 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90, File)
June 11, 2015, 9:18 pm
Israeli officials to weigh in on nuclear deal in US
National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen to meet with counterpart Susan Rice to discuss Israeli concerns over pact with Iran
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey in Jerusalem, June 11, 2015. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
June 11, 2015, 12:44 pm
Netanyahu thanks US military chief for America’s friendship
‘You fight for America, but you also fight for freedom,’ PM tells Martin Dempsey
By Stuart Winer
President Rivlin meets Gen. Dempsey, chairman of the United States' Joint Chiefs of Staff on June 10, 2015. (President's Spokesman)
June 10, 2015, 5:49 pm
No beef with Jerusalem passport ruling, Rivlin tells US military head
‘They ruled what they had to rule,’ president tells Martin Dempsey after Supreme Court upholds non-recognition of Israel’s capital
By Tamar Pileggi
Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben-Dahan. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2015, 1:41 pm
Top official: Israel not spying on nuke talks, though I might not know
Nasrallah: Hezbollah fighting IS on Syria-Lebanon border; 9,000 Syrian refugees fled to Turkey in past week, official says
By Marissa Newman
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