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Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Meeting with Bangladesh Principal Staff Officer Lt. Gen. Mahfuzur Rahman
September 10, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. met today with his counterpart Bangladesh Principal Staff Officer Lt. Gen. Mahfuzur Rahman in Honolulu, Hawaii... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Meeting with Indonesian Chief of Defense Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto
September 10, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. met with his counterpart Indonesian Chief of Defense Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto in Honolulu, Hawaii... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Meeting with Malaysian Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Tan Sri Haji Zulkifli bin Jaji Zainal Abidin
September 10, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. met today with Malaysian Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Tan Sri Haji Zulkifli bin Jaji Zainal Abidin in Honolulu, Hawaii... MORE

Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense, Senior Enlisted Leaders to Meet in Hawaii
September 8, 2018 — Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Troxell, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman, will join several Indo-Pacific chiefs of defense and senior enlisted leaders to discuss cooperation, interoperability and regional leadership issues during a conference in Hawaii... MORE

U.S., India Talks Demonstrate Shared Commitment, Pentagon Official Says
September 8, 2018 — Talks in New Delhi between top diplomatic and defense leaders from the United States and India provided a demonstrable signal of a shared commitment to a forward-looking strategic partnership, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said... MORE

Russian-Led Idlib Offensive Would Be Humanitarian Disaster, Dunford Says
September 8, 2018 — The consequences of a Russian-Syrian regime offensive into Idlib, Syria, against terrorists hiding there would almost certainly be a humanitarian disaster, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said... MORE

U.S. Seeks to Mitigate Risk, Learn Ground Truth in Afghanistan
September 8, 2018 — Taliban reconciliation with the Afghan government is at the core of the peace program in Afghanistan, but it will be a difficult path to tread, the spokesman for NATO’s Resolute Support mission and the U.S. Operation Freedom’s Sentinel said... MORE

U.S.-India Defense Cooperation a ‘Key Driver’ of Overall Relationship
September 6, 2018 — U.S.-Indian defense cooperation has emerged as a significant dimension of the two countries' strategic partnership and a key driver of the overall bilateral relationship, Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Meeting with Indian Chief of the Naval Staff and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee Adm. Sunil Lanba
September 6, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. met today with the Indian Chief of the Naval Staff and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee Adm. Sunil Lanba, as well as several other senior Indian government officials, to include the Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, in New Delhi, India... MORE

U.S. Officials Seek to Boost Arms Sales to India
September 6, 2018 — A decade ago, U.S. arms sales to India amounted to virtually nothing. Today, the United States is the second-largest arms supplier to India, and U.S. officials say they hope to increase that business... MORE