Military Times: Military officials to brief Trump on deployed forces, Afghanistan and ISIS
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump will visit the Pentagon Thursday to get briefed on the military’s global deployments and discuss potential plans to increase those commitments in Afghanistan and against the Islamic State, defense officials said.
No additional troop level decisions are expected to be announced as part of the visit, which comes as Trump’s national security team finalizes its revised plans for Afghanistan and continues to formulate its way ahead against the Islamic State.
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