"I have directed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to make preparations to carry out the president’s strategy," Mattis said in a statement.
"I will be in consultation with the Secretary General of NATO and our allies—several of which have also committed to increasing their troop numbers," he added. (Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Yara Bayoumy)Mattis directs Joint Chiefs head to prepare to carry out Trump's South Asia strategy
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