Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the presidential palace in Cairo, April 23, 2016. Dunford is traveling overseas to meet with military leaders and foreign dignitaries to discuss issues confronting the United States and its allies, including efforts to accelerate the lasting defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets Egyptian Chief of the Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Hegaz at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, April 23, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Egyptian Defense Minister Col. Gen. Sedki Sobhy at the Ministry of Defense in Cairo, April 23, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Navy Capt. Gregory Hicks, left, special assistant to the chairman for Public Affairs, listens in as Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conducts an interview with Jim Garamone of DoD News, second left, Missy Ryan of the Washington Post, center, and Bill Hennigan of the L.A. Times, aboard a C-17 aircraft, April 22, 2016. Dunford visited Iraq to assess the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Massoud Barzani, president of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, in Iraq, April 22, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, meets with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Stuart Jones, second from right, and Army Lt. Gen. Sean McFarland, commander, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, in Baghdad, April 21, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
A U.S. soldier observes Iraqi soldiers during a live-fire exercise at Besmaya Range Complex in Iraq, April 21, 2016. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Iraqi leaders and coalition trainers at the range. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, speaks to Army Lt. Gen. Sean McFarland, commander, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, during a helicopter transit to Baghdad, April 21, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, center left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, at Besmaya Range Complex in Iraq, April 21, 2016. Dunford is visiting Iraq to assess the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Army Col. Steve Warren, second from right, Army Lt. Col. Charles Floyd and Army Lt. Gen. Sean MacFarland, left, in Baghdad, April 21, 2016. Dunford is visiting Iraq to assess the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. DoD photo by Jim Garamone
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Stuart E. Jones, right, and Army Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, chief, Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq, after arriving in Baghdad, April 20, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro