When will Trump visit troops in the war zone?

Published May 8, 2018 4:00am ET



Just before Christmas, Vice President Mike Pence slipped into Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan unannounced.

Pence stood at a podium wearing a leather flight jacket and told assembled U.S. troops that he was delivering a holiday greeting from President Trump, the third commander in chief to oversee military operations in the country since late 2001.

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