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Carter tells troops U.S. needs to keep Middle East secure after ISIS is beat

By Jacqueline Klimas
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Carter tells troops U.S. needs to keep Middle East secure after ISIS is beat

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday said he worried that international efforts to stabilize areas previously held by the Islamic State would “lag behind” the military push to defeat the terrorist group.

Once the Islamic State is defeated in Iraq and Syria, Carter said there will still be much work to do, like rebuilding cities and restoring services to communities, a priority he has stressed to Secretary of State John Kerry.

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