Middle East

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet this week with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, a leading deal proponent.

The Taliban carry out near-daily attack, inflicting staggering casualties on Afghan forces, and now control about half of Afghanistan.

The movement of diplomatic personnel is often done in times of conflict, but what is driving the decisions from the White House remains unclear.

The unit will return stateside in the winter.

Forster says each deployment will last roughly nine months but one artillery unit will likely be there for about a year.

The airmen are expected to return to the U.S. by next spring.

The Guard's Detachment 3, B Company, 777th Aviation Support Battalion will leave Sunday for additional pre-deployment training at Fort Hood, Texas before heading overseas.