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Inherent Resolve Official: Brussels Attacks Heighten Need to Defeat ISIL
March 31, 2016 — The cowardly terror attacks the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims it leveled on Brussels, Belgium, earlier this month highlight the critical need to defeat the extremists, the strategy and sustainment deputy commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said today. ... MORE

Media Availability With Secretary Carter, Gen. Dunford, Gen. Votel and Gen. Thomas at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
March 30, 2016 — Media Availability With Secretary Carter, Gen. Dunford, Gen. Votel and Gen. Thomas at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida... MORE

Carter, Estonia’s Defense Minister Discuss Bilateral Defense Relationship
March 30, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Estonian Defense Minister Hannes Hanso met at the Pentagon yesterday to discuss the defense relationship between their nations, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said... MORE

Carter: U.S. Military Targets Key ISIL Terrorists
March 25, 2016 — The U.S. military killed several key Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists this week, including a senior ISIL leader and finance minister who led certain external affairs and plots, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said here today... MORE

Dunford: More U.S. Troops May be Needed in Iraq to Support Counter-ISIL Forces
March 25, 2016 — To accelerate operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, it may be necessary to send more U.S. service members to Iraq, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today... MORE

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter and General Dunford in the Pentagon Briefing Room
March 25, 2016 — Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter and General Dunford in the Pentagon Briefing Room... MORE

Coalition Has Momentum in Fight Against ISIL, Carter, Dunford Say
March 23, 2016 — While not complacent about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s capabilities, Defense Department leaders are confident that momentum against the terror group is firmly in the hands of the coalition arrayed against it... MORE

U.S. Military Pays Tribute to Fallen Marine
March 21, 2016 — The death of a U.S. Marine over the weekend in northern Iraq underscores the dangers faced by service members in the country, the spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve said today... MORE

Progress Continues in ISIL Fight, Inherent Resolve Spokesman Says
March 21, 2016 — Coalition forces and their partners on the ground are making sustained progress in the fight in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman said today... MORE