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Carter Offers Condolences, Pledges Support to France Following Nice Attack

July 15, 2016 |DOD News
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This morning, Defense Secretary Ash Carter called French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian to offer his and the entire Department of Defense's deepest condolences to the French people, the families of the victims and the French government for yesterday's attack in Nice, according to a statement issued today by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook. 

The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, transits the Arabian Gulf, July 7, 2016. With the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. During a phone call to French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Defense on July 15, 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered condolences and pledged support to France following the July 14 attack in Nice. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Bedford
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, transits the Arabian Gulf, July 7, 2016. With the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. During a phone call to French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Defense on July 15, 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered condolences and pledged support to France following the July 14 attack in Nice. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Bedford
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, transits the Arabian Gulf, July 7, 2016. With the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. During a phone call to French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Defense on July 15, 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered condolences and pledged support to France following the July 14 attack in Nice. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Bedford
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The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer, the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, transits the Arabian Gulf, July 7, 2016. With the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the ship is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. During a phone call to French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian Defense on July 15, 2016, Defense Secretary Ash Carter offered condolences and pledged support to France following the July 14 attack in Nice. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Bedford
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Pledges Support

Carter also expressed his and the department's solidarity with France, and pledged his support to intensify joint efforts against terrorism, Cook said.

Cook said Carter and Le Drian agreed to discuss the attack and the response next week in Washington when Carter will gather the defense ministers from the counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant military coalition.

The defense ministerial at Joint Base Andrews will discuss the next steps in the military campaign and the requirements needed to further accelerate the defeat of ISIL, Cook said.

Biography: Ash Carter
Link: Special Report: Operation Inherent Resolve
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