IDF Chief of Staff - Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, left Sunday to visit the United States. During the visit, Ashkenazi will take part in numerous meetings with government, security and military officials in Washington and New York.
Ashkenazi is scheduled to meet with the Head of the National Security Council, General James Jones, with the Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military, Admiral Michael G. Mullen and additional figures in the Obama administration and Congress.