WASHINGTON DC (TASS): The United States is currently determining the correct size of the American military presence in the Middle East. State Department adviser Derek Scholle said this on Thursday.
“Given the challenges that we face around the world, as well as our unlimited resources, our goal is to find the right size of this military presence, to ensure it in a way that provides for the presence in this theater [of military operations] sufficient capacity for protecting our interests and achieving our common goals, while excluding the fact that we have upset the balance in relation to our needs elsewhere, “said the US foreign policy official. He spoke at a seminar hosted by the Washington Center for a New American Security.
Schollet recalled that the Pentagon, on behalf of the current United States President Joe Biden, is studying the feasibility of adjusting the scale of the American military presence in all regions. The State Department adviser also noted that the Middle East, Europe, the Indian and Pacific Oceans are key in terms of United States foreign policy. The American leadership still devotes most of its time to the Middle East, the diplomat said.
“We have, roughly speaking, deployed there 40-50 thousand troops. We have numerous [military] bases there. This is important for the Middle East. In addition, it is important in general for the projection of force by the United States [abroad],” Scholle emphasized. The position he holds is tantamount to that of the US Deputy Secretary of State.
Joey Hood, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East, said on Tuesday that the Biden administration is not going to wind down the US military presence in the region.
Former United States President Donald Trump pursued a course to reduce this presence.
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