Gen. Martin Dempsey visits Iraq amid campaign targeting ISIS
America's highest-ranking general arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit Saturday to meet U.S. commanders preparing to expand assistance to Iraqi and Kurdish forces battling ISIS militants. It was General Martin Dempsey's first trip to Iraq since President Barack Obama ordered non-combatant American forces back into the country this summer, less than three years after […]America's highest-ranking general arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit Saturday to meet U.S. commanders preparing to expand assistance to Iraqi and Kurdish forces battling ISIS militants. It was General Martin Dempsey's first trip to Iraq since President Barack Obama ordered non-combatant American forces back into the country this summer, less than three years after withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. The United States began carrying out airstrikes in August.