DoD stays mum on regional troop presence plans after Afghanistan withdrawal 2 hours ago Members of the Afghan International Security Force patrol a street in Nad Ali District in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June 2010. (Spc. Joseph Wilson/Army) Defense officials are vowing to maintain some U.S. troop presence near Afghanistan for counterterrorism operations into the future, but would not say where that force would be based or whether it could be in place before all American troops leave the war-torn country later this fall. “Those planning efforts are in parallel [with the drawdown], but they’re not linked,” said David Helvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific Affairs, during a hearing before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday.
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The Wall Street Journal to hold CEO Council Summit Online on May 4th 2021
/EIN News/ LONDON and NEW YORK, April 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Wall Street Journal’s flagship CEO Council Summit will take place again on Tuesday May 4th, 2021.
Building on last year’s successful virtual Summits in October and December, the upcoming conference will be held online and will convene over 250 CEOs and leaders shaping the global agenda.
Key speakers will include: Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co; Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co; Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance; Adena Friedman, President and CEO, Nasdaq; Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, U.K. Government; Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for Competition, European Commission; and Janet Yellen, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, among others.