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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listen to a brief about the security situation in the Kurdish region at a facility near Erbil, Iraq Jan. 8th, 2016. Dunford met with U.S. and coalition leaders in Germany, Iraq and Turkey to assess the progress of counter-ISIL efforts. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro