Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen has promised the regime in Tel Aviv more of Washington's unconditional support.
29 Ağustos 2009 Cumartesi 13:51
Mullen said that the US would always stand by Israel while attending a farewell party for Tel Aviv's military attaché Major-General Benny Gantz, Ynet news reported.
A number of other senior American officials, including the head of the Middle East desk at the US National Security Council Dan Shapiro, and Undersecretary of Defense Michele Flournoy accompanied Mullen at the ceremony.
Mullen said the attendance of top US military officials showed that Tel Aviv and Washington shared strong ties.
Interestingly, military attachés from Egypt and Morocco were also sighted at the party, which was held in honor of a man who is returning to Tel Aviv to assume the second most high-ranking post of the Israeli military.
Gantz will officially replace the Israeli military's Deputy Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Dan Harel on October 1.
The Israeli military's Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Gadi Shamni is expected to fill in his position in Washington.
Mullen said that the US would always stand by Israel while attending a farewell party for Tel Aviv's military attaché Major-General Benny Gantz, Ynet news reported. 
