U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Meets With Russian Counterpart

Russian Army Gen. Nikolay Y. Makarov, chief of the Russian general staff and first deputy defense minister general, left, U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, and U.S. Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, meet at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., July 12, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner -- Washington Free Beacon

Russian general who threatened preemptive U.S. attacks to meet Dempsey on missile defense.

Russia’s top general who recently threatened preemptive attacks on U.S. missile defenses is set to meet at the Pentagon Thursday with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Russian opposition to U.S. and NATO missile defense deployments in Europe are expected to be the major topic of discussion when the chief of the Russian general staff meets Dempsey, according to U.S. officials close to the planned meeting.

Dempsey is expected to open the talks with Gen. Nikolai Makarov by thanking the Russians for agreeing last month to open a NATO supply base at the Volga River city of Ulyanovsk. The air base will serve as a hub for cargo and troop transits to and from Afghanistan.

Makarov was given an honor cordon at the Pentagon Thursday morning prior to his meeting with Dempsey.

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