CERL Executive Board member General Joseph Votel spoke with Al Arabiya English about U.S. troop presence in Iraq and Syria as part of its commitment to defeating ISIS.

General Joseph L. Votel, U.S. Army (Ret.) is the former Commander of the U.S. Central Command. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security at the Middle East Institute and a member of the CERL Executive Board. Read his bio here.

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