Pentagon chief promises 'lasting defeat' for ISIS
(AGI) Kuwait, Feb 23 - New Pentagon chief, Ashton Carter, saidon Monday that the U.S.-led coalition would without doubt"deliver a lasting defeat" to the Islamic State of Iraq andSyria (ISIS). The coalition is pressing ISIS "very ably fromKuwait and elsewhere", Carter said after a summit of topmilitary, diplomatic, and intelligence officials at the U.S.base of Camp Arifjan. "ISIL is not just a threat to Iraq andSyria. It's a larger threat to the region," said Carter, usingan alternative name for the jihadist group while speaking tosoldiers at the base in Kuwait. One