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☆ Top U.S. general Mark Milley to hand over reins after four years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Retiring Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Army General Mark Milley (L), greets incoming Chairman, Air Force General Charles Brown, during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of Milley, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia, on September 29, 2023. Top U.S. general Mark Milley will retire on Friday after a four-year tenure that saw successes like the killing of ISIS head Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and helping Ukraine to defend against Russia's invasion, but also included the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and a rocky relationship with former President Donald Trump. Milley will hand over command to Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown, who will be only the second Black officer to become chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after Colin Powell two decades ago. Milley took the reins in 2019 after being nominated by Trump, but soon found himself having to balance the need to maintain his relationship with the former president without appearing to be political.

Persons: Mark Milley, Charles Brown, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, Donald Trump, Milley, Charles Q, Brown, Colin Powell, Trump Organizations: Staff, Air Force, Armed Forces, Joint Base Myer, Henderson, U.S, ISIS, Joint Chiefs of Staff Locations: Arlington , Virginia, Ukraine, Afghanistan

☆ Top US general Mark Milley to hand over reins after four years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Chair of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley stands by at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2023. Milley will hand over command to Air Force chief General Charles Q. Brown, who will be only the second Black officer to become chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after Colin Powell two decades ago. Milley took the reins in 2019 after being nominated by Trump, but soon found himself having to balance the need to maintain his relationship with the former president without appearing to be political. Brown is a self-described introvert whose public persona contrasts sharply with the outgoing Milley, a loquacious Boston native.

Persons: Mark Milley, Leah Millis, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, Donald Trump, Milley, Charles Q, Brown, Colin Powell, Trump, Joe Biden's, Lloyd Austin, Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: U.S . Joint Chiefs, Staff, White, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, ISIS, Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Trump, Pentagon, Black U.S, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Ukraine, Afghanistan, China, Boston

☆ US central command says it killed ISIS leader in Eastern Syria
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO/AMMAN, July 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Command said on Sunday it conducted a drone strike on July 7 that killed an ISIS leader in Eastern Syria. "U.S. Central Command conducted a strike in Syria that resulted in the death of Usamah al-Muhajir, an ISIS leader in eastern Syria," it said without giving any more details on al-Muhajir. U.S. military commanders say ISIS remains a significant threat within the region, however, though its capabilities have been degraded and its ability to re-establish its network weakened. Islamic State controlled one-third of Iraq and Syria at its peak in 2014. Reporting by Adam Makary and Omar Abdel Razek and Suleiman al Khalidi; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle and Hugh LawsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Usamah, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, Adam Makary, Omar Abdel Razek, Suleiman al Khalidi, Elaine Hardcastle, Hugh Lawson Organizations: U.S . Central Command, ISIS, Thomson Locations: CAIRO, AMMAN, Eastern Syria, Russian, U.S, Syria, . Washington, Turkey, Iraq

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