Rumsfeld arrived in Iraq to assess the operation to liberate Mosul.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Saturday arrived on an unannounced visit to Iraq, reports the AP.
It is expected that during the visit he will meet with Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi and other officials, as well as with the leadership responsible for the liberation of the Iraqi city of Mosul from the militants of the “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited in Russia).
This is the third visit of Carter to Iraq in the course of this year, notes AP.
