CENTCOM Chief Tells Arab States US Will Not Withdraw from Middle East

Commander of Central Command (CENTCOM) Adm. Brad Cooper organized a meeting of Israeli and Arab military officials. At the summit, he informed his counterparts that the US military has no plans to withdraw its forces from the Middle East. 

Axios reported speaking with two Israeli officials who said representatives from Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan, and Egypt attended the summit hosted by Cooper in Germany last week. 

According to the Israeli officials, Cooper told his counterparts the US military would not withdraw its forces from the region. . .