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Announcement of Meeting between Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. and Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov
June 7, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following statement: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., will meet with Russian Chief of the General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov June 8 in Helsinki, Finland. ... MORE

U.S. Military Must Develop All-Domain Defenses, Mattis, Dunford Say
April 13, 2018 — Nations that want to challenge the United States conventionally will lose, but they may look for asymmetric ways to do so, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers... MORE

Defense Official Says Russia ‘Complicit’ in Syrian Deaths
March 15, 2018 — Russia has not lived up to its promises on Syria and bears responsibility for massive casualties of innocent civilians in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, chief Pentagon spokesperson Dana W. White said... MORE

NATO Military Chairman Seeks Constructive Contacts With Russia
March 7, 2018 — The chairman of NATO’s Military Committee said the NATO-Russia Council should be reinvigorated to address issues pending between the two entities, adding that Russia must show through actions, not just words, that it is ready for such a development... MORE

Pentagon Officials Say Coalition Aims to Defeat ISIS’ Brand
January 11, 2018 — Pentagon officials said the physical caliphate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is in pieces and operations against ISIS continue in the Euphrates River valley, but the ISIS “brand” remains to be defeated... MORE

Readout of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dunford's Phone Call with Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Gerasimov
January 11, 2018 — Joint Staff Spokesperson Col. Patrick S. Ryder provided the following readout: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., spoke with Chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov by telephone yesterday. The conversation focused on issues of mutual interest, to include the situation in Syria. ... MORE

Mattis Says Operations Against ISIS Will Change in 2018
December 29, 2017 — The destruction of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s physical caliphate will change the way the coalition will go after the terror group, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon... MORE

Dunford Lists Ways to Measure Counter-ISIL Success
July 25, 2016 — Territory, resources and foreign fighters are the measurements the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will use to measure progress against the “physical caliphate” that the Islamic State of Iraq... MORE

Dempsey: Russia, Terrorists, Cyber Among Top Threats
February 19, 2015 — The global security environment contains a host of threats, including Russian aggression that threatens NATO allies, and the violent extremists network from western Pakistan to north Africa, said the... MORE