US CENTCOM commander discusses security ties in visit to Iraq
The visit of US Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie to Baghdad this week comes as the United States restructures and consolidates force posture while bringing in more NATO advisers.
![1212178589 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - MARCH 13: Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, talks to journalists about the military response to rocket attacks that killed two U.S. and one U.K. service members in Iraq during a news briefing at the Pentagon March 13, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Because of the threat of transmission of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Pentagon is exercising social distancing by keeping reporters' chairs four feet apart from each other during briefings. (Pho](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/07/GettyImages-1212178589.jpg/GettyImages-1212178589.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=sCwG_fsj)
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