Mideast Crash Course for the New Defense Secretary MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT Ashton B. Carter will hold a closed-door conference on Monday in Kuwait, where he is scheduled to meet with senior American military and diplomatic officials who are leading the fight against the Islamic State. February 23, 2015 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1vqQ4Cw The New York Times World United States International Relations

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. World http://nyti.ms/1vqQ4Cw Mideast Crash Course for the New Defense Secretary February 23, 2015 at 12:00AM The New York Times