Pentagon ready to train up to 15,000 Syrian rebels | End the Lie – Independent News
Pentagon officials provided an update on Friday concerning the campaign
being waged against militants from the so-called Islamic State and said
the operation remains a ways from being over.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel (L) listens as Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey talks in a press briefing at
the Pentagon in Washington, September 26, 2014. (Reuters/Larry Downing)